used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
weapons considered collectively
From this reading "Don't!" begged the little button boy, flinging his arms around his friend's neck.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "Don't!" begged the little button boy, flinging his arms around his friend's neck.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "When they get through with me there'll be just enough feathers left to stuff a pillow," choked Pajuka.
inflected form of “beg” — call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading "Don't!" begged the little button boy, flinging his arms around his friend's neck.
a youthful male person
From this reading "Don't!" begged the little button boy, flinging his arms around his friend's neck.
lacking funds
From this reading In spite of himself the poor goose's voice broke and ended in a great gulp.
buttonnounUS /ˈbʌtən/
a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading "Don't!" begged the little button boy, flinging his arms around his friend's neck.
chokedadjectiveUS /tʃoʊkt/
stopped up; clogged up
From this reading "When they get through with me there'll be just enough feathers left to stuff a pillow," choked Pajuka.
cookedadjectiveUS /kʊkt/
having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
Don't
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From this reading "Don't!" begged the little button boy, flinging his arms around his friend's neck.
inflected form of “eat” — take in solid food
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
endedadjectiveUS /ˈendəd/
having come or been brought to a conclusion
From this reading In spite of himself the poor goose's voice broke and ended in a great gulp.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading "When they get through with me there'll be just enough feathers left to stuff a pillow," choked Pajuka.
steadfast in affection or allegiance
From this reading And if you find the King will you tell him that old Pajuka was faithful to--to--the last?"
feathersnounUS /ˈfeðərz/
plural of “feather” — the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading And if you find the King will you tell him that old Pajuka was faithful to--to--the last?"
flingingverbUS /ˈflɪŋɪŋ/
-ing form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading "Don't!" begged the little button boy, flinging his arms around his friend's neck.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
friend'snounUS /frendz/
possessive form of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "Don't!" begged the little button boy, flinging his arms around his friend's neck.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "When they get through with me there'll be just enough feathers left to stuff a pillow," choked Pajuka.
goose'snounUS /ˈɡuːsɪz/
possessive form of “goose” — web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading In spite of himself the poor goose's voice broke and ended in a great gulp.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading In spite of himself the poor goose's voice broke and ended in a great gulp.
gulpverbUS /ɡʌlp/
to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
From this reading In spite of himself the poor goose's voice broke and ended in a great gulp.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And if you find the King will you tell him that old Pajuka was faithful to--to--the last?"
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading In spite of himself the poor goose's voice broke and ended in a great gulp.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Don't!" begged the little button boy, flinging his arms around his friend's neck.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And if you find the King will you tell him that old Pajuka was faithful to--to--the last?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In spite of himself the poor goose's voice broke and ended in a great gulp.
and nothing more
From this reading "When they get through with me there'll be just enough feathers left to stuff a pillow," choked Pajuka.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading And if you find the King will you tell him that old Pajuka was faithful to--to--the last?"
immediately past
From this reading And if you find the King will you tell him that old Pajuka was faithful to--to--the last?"
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading "When they get through with me there'll be just enough feathers left to stuff a pillow," choked Pajuka.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Don't!" begged the little button boy, flinging his arms around his friend's neck.
any art that invokes supernatural powers
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "When they get through with me there'll be just enough feathers left to stuff a pillow," choked Pajuka.
mournfullyadverb
in a mournful manner
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading "Don't!" begged the little button boy, flinging his arms around his friend's neck.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading And if you find the King will you tell him that old Pajuka was faithful to--to--the last?"
Ozma
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From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
Pajuka
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From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
pillownounUS /ˈpɪloʊ/
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading "When they get through with me there'll be just enough feathers left to stuff a pillow," choked Pajuka.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading In spite of himself the poor goose's voice broke and ended in a great gulp.
PuddingnounUS /ˈpʊdɪŋ/
any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
except for; apart from
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
SnipnounUS /snɪp/
a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading In spite of himself the poor goose's voice broke and ended in a great gulp.
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
From this reading "When they get through with me there'll be just enough feathers left to stuff a pillow," choked Pajuka.
express in words
From this reading And if you find the King will you tell him that old Pajuka was faithful to--to--the last?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And if you find the King will you tell him that old Pajuka was faithful to--to--the last?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
there'll
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From this reading "When they get through with me there'll be just enough feathers left to stuff a pillow," choked Pajuka.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "When they get through with me there'll be just enough feathers left to stuff a pillow," choked Pajuka.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "When they get through with me there'll be just enough feathers left to stuff a pillow," choked Pajuka.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And if you find the King will you tell him that old Pajuka was faithful to--to--the last?"
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading In spite of himself the poor goose's voice broke and ended in a great gulp.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And if you find the King will you tell him that old Pajuka was faithful to--to--the last?"
wheezed
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From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
at the time that
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
in the company of; together with
From this reading "When they get through with me there'll be just enough feathers left to stuff a pillow," choked Pajuka.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The Magic Pudding "Snip," wheezed Pajuka mournfully, "when I am cooked and eaten, will you save a few of my feathers for Ozma?
