used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "I know you did, but I thought you stopped to tell the news at the stone house on your way home."
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But I went down to the drug store to telephone grandma!"
can't
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From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
a young person of either sex
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "I know you did, but I thought you stopped to tell the news at the stone house on your way home."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "But I went down to the drug store to telephone grandma!"
put on clothes
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
drugverbUS /drʌɡ/
administer a drug to
From this reading "But I went down to the drug store to telephone grandma!"
Elspeth
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From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
Giuseppe
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From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
grandmanounUS /ˈɡrændmɑː/
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading "But I went down to the drug store to telephone grandma!"
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
hemstitchingnoun
a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading "I know you did, but I thought you stopped to tell the news at the stone house on your way home."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
I've
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From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I know you did, but I thought you stopped to tell the news at the stone house on your way home."
a polite name for any woman
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
take somebody somewhere
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
LilacnounUS /ˈlaɪlæk/
any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
information about recent and important events
From this reading "I know you did, but I thought you stopped to tell the news at the stone house on your way home."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I know you did, but I thought you stopped to tell the news at the stone house on your way home."
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
puffingnounUS /ˈpʌfɪŋ/
blowing tobacco smoke out into the air
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
shriekedadjectiveUS /ʃriːkt/
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading "I know you did, but I thought you stopped to tell the news at the stone house on your way home."
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading "I know you did, but I thought you stopped to tell the news at the stone house on your way home."
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading "But I went down to the drug store to telephone grandma!"
stumbledverbUS /ˈstʌmbəld/
past form of “stumble” — walk unsteadily
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
telephonenounUS /ˈteləfoʊn/
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading "But I went down to the drug store to telephone grandma!"
express in words
From this reading "I know you did, but I thought you stopped to tell the news at the stone house on your way home."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "But I went down to the drug store to telephone grandma!"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "I know you did, but I thought you stopped to tell the news at the stone house on your way home."
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "But I went down to the drug store to telephone grandma!"
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What news?"
in or at the place that
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
a Caucasian
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM "Oh, Elspeth, you can't guess where I've been!" shrieked Peace, puffing with excitement as she stumbled up the steps after her long run home.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "Why, I thought you were playing with Giuseppe and the Lilac Lady," replied the young mother, looking up in surprise from the little white dress she was hemstitching.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I know you did, but I thought you stopped to tell the news at the stone house on your way home."
