touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading They entered the house much against their will.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Mouse tripped daintily up, merrily chattering, and calling to the elves:
on or to one side
From this reading Then she pushed aside some stalks of wheat and led them into her tiny home.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading Mrs. Mouse tripped daintily up, merrily chattering, and calling to the elves:
chatteringnounUS /ˈtʃætərɪŋ/
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
From this reading Mrs. Mouse tripped daintily up, merrily chattering, and calling to the elves:
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come, come! follow me.”
daintilyadverbUS /ˈdeɪntəliː/
in a dainty and fastidious manner
From this reading Mrs. Mouse tripped daintily up, merrily chattering, and calling to the elves:
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
elvesnounUS /elvz/
an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources
From this reading Mrs. Mouse tripped daintily up, merrily chattering, and calling to the elves:
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading They entered the house much against their will.
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “Come, come! follow me.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then she pushed aside some stalks of wheat and led them into her tiny home.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Then she pushed aside some stalks of wheat and led them into her tiny home.
past form of “hope” — expect and wish
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading They entered the house much against their will.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then she pushed aside some stalks of wheat and led them into her tiny home.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading Then she pushed aside some stalks of wheat and led them into her tiny 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 They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Come, come! follow me.”
merrilyadverbUS /ˈmerəli/
in a joyous manner
From this reading Mrs. Mouse tripped daintily up, merrily chattering, and calling to the elves:
MousenounUS /maʊs/
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
From this reading Mrs. Mouse tripped daintily up, merrily chattering, and calling to the elves:
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Mouse tripped daintily up, merrily chattering, and calling to the elves:
to a great degree or extent
From this reading They entered the house much against their will.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then she pushed aside some stalks of wheat and led them into her tiny home.
preferredadjectiveUS /prəˈfɜːrd/
more desirable than another
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading Then she pushed aside some stalks of wheat and led them into her tiny home.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then she pushed aside some stalks of wheat and led them into her tiny home.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Then she pushed aside some stalks of wheat and led them into her tiny home.
in the near future
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
stalksnounUS /stɔːks/
plural of “stalk” — material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
From this reading Then she pushed aside some stalks of wheat and led them into her tiny home.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mrs. Mouse tripped daintily up, merrily chattering, and calling to the elves:
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They entered the house much against their will.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then she pushed aside some stalks of wheat and led them into her tiny home.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then she pushed aside some stalks of wheat and led them into her tiny home.
in or at that place or location
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They entered the house much against their will.
very small
From this reading Then she pushed aside some stalks of wheat and led them into her tiny home.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Mouse tripped daintily up, merrily chattering, and calling to the elves:
trippedverbUS /trɪpt/
inflected form of “trip” — miss a step and fall or nearly fall
From this reading Mrs. Mouse tripped daintily up, merrily chattering, and calling to the elves:
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Mrs. Mouse tripped daintily up, merrily chattering, and calling to the elves:
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
wheatnounUS /wiːt/
annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
From this reading Then she pushed aside some stalks of wheat and led them into her tiny home.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading They entered the house much against their will.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading They would have preferred to remain at the door, and hoped they would not have to stay there long, and that she would soon be ready to go and show them the way to the beautiful world.
