Chapter I

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading But she knew a bit about weaving blankets, and she was learning more each day from her mother, who made beautiful ones and sold them.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

the thing arranged or agreed to

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

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From this reading That is the only kind of doll that Bah ever thought of having.

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading But she knew a bit about weaving blankets, and she was learning more each day from her mother, who made beautiful ones and sold them.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

a small piece or quantity of something

From this reading But she knew a bit about weaving blankets, and she was learning more each day from her mother, who made beautiful ones and sold them.

plural of “blanket” — bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

From this reading But she knew a bit about weaving blankets, and she was learning more each day from her mother, who made beautiful ones and sold them.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But she knew a bit about weaving blankets, and she was learning more each day from her mother, who made beautiful ones and sold them.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

a young person of either sex

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

an institution created to conduct business

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tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

From this reading How would you like to have a doll made from a corn ear?

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From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading But she knew a bit about weaving blankets, and she was learning more each day from her mother, who made beautiful ones and sold them.

spread out or scattered about or divided up

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

a small replica of a person; used as a toy

From this reading How would you like to have a doll made from a corn ear?

of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

From this reading How would you like to have a doll made from a corn ear?

at any time

From this reading That is the only kind of doll that Bah ever thought of having.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

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From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading How would you like to have a doll made from a corn ear?

a young female

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading How would you like to have a doll made from a corn ear?

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading That is the only kind of doll that Bah ever thought of having.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

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From this reading How would you like to have a doll made from a corn ear?

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading That is the only kind of doll that Bah ever thought of having.

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading That is the only kind of doll that Bah ever thought of having.

inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading But she knew a bit about weaving blankets, and she was learning more each day from her mother, who made beautiful ones and sold them.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

gain knowledge or skills

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

From this reading But she knew a bit about weaving blankets, and she was learning more each day from her mother, who made beautiful ones and sold them.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading How would you like to have a doll made from a corn ear?

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading How would you like to have a doll made from a corn ear?

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading But she knew a bit about weaving blankets, and she was learning more each day from her mother, who made beautiful ones and sold them.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading But she knew a bit about weaving blankets, and she was learning more each day from her mother, who made beautiful ones and sold them.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

From this reading But she knew a bit about weaving blankets, and she was learning more each day from her mother, who made beautiful ones and sold them.

and nothing more

From this reading That is the only kind of doll that Bah ever thought of having.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

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From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

someone who plays the bagpipe

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

a female person who has the same parents as another person

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

disposed of to a purchaser

From this reading But she knew a bit about weaving blankets, and she was learning more each day from her mother, who made beautiful ones and sold them.

the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading That is the only kind of doll that Bah ever thought of having.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading But she knew a bit about weaving blankets, and she was learning more each day from her mother, who made beautiful ones and sold them.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading That is the only kind of doll that Bah ever thought of having.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

develop or come to a promising stage

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

precisely as stated

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

a craftsman who weaves cloth

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

creating fabric

From this reading But she knew a bit about weaving blankets, and she was learning more each day from her mother, who made beautiful ones and sold them.

(used informally) very small

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

which person or people

From this reading But she knew a bit about weaving blankets, and she was learning more each day from her mother, who made beautiful ones and sold them.

in the company of; together with

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

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From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading How would you like to have a doll made from a corn ear?

a late time of life

From this reading Bah was only five years old and she had never been away from her home, so of course she couldn't know very much.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood-Carver" Distributed by Pathè Exchange, Inc., New York City _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ To every child of every land, Little sister, little brother, As in this book your lives unfold, May you learn to love each other.