used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Kitchen People looked pleased and important, too.
eagerly desirous
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "You see, it's this way," she continued as she took her little book and sat in the rocking chair.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Won't that be fine?"
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading "You see, it's this way," she continued as she took her little book and sat in the rocking chair.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading "You see, it's this way," she continued as she took her little book and sat in the rocking chair.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
without stop or interruption
From this reading "You see, it's this way," she continued as she took her little book and sat in the rocking chair.
prepare a hot meal
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading Won't that be fine?"
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
FrancesnounUS /ˈfrænsɪs/
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "You see, it's this way," she continued as she took her little book and sat in the rocking chair.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
of great significance or value
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "You see, it's this way," she continued as she took her little book and sat in the rocking chair.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
it's
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From this reading "You see, it's this way," she continued as she took her little book and sat in the rocking chair.
and nothing more
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "You see, it's this way," she continued as she took her little book and sat in the rocking chair.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The Kitchen People looked pleased and important, too.
take the midday meal
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
immediately following in time or order
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading The Kitchen People looked pleased and important, too.
POT-AND-KETTLE
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From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
potatonounUS /pəˈteɪtoʊ/
an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
recipenounUS /ˈresəpi/
directions for making something
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
recipesnounUS /ˈresəpiz/
plural of “recipe” — directions for making something
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
rockingverbUS /ˈrɑːkɪŋ/
-ing form of “rock” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading "You see, it's this way," she continued as she took her little book and sat in the rocking chair.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading "You see, it's this way," she continued as she took her little book and sat in the rocking chair.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "You see, it's this way," she continued as she took her little book and sat in the rocking chair.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You see, it's this way," she continued as she took her little book and sat in the rocking chair.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Won't that be fine?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
to-day
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From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The Kitchen People looked pleased and important, too.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading "You see, it's this way," she continued as she took her little book and sat in the rocking chair.
precisely as stated
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "You see, it's this way," she continued as she took her little book and sat in the rocking chair.
we'll
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From this reading "I am very anxious to get through every recipe in my cook book before Mother comes home, so I guess we'll just finish all the potato recipes to-day,--and give Billy a Potato Lunch!
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE POT-AND-KETTLE FIGHT "GOOD morning, Kitchen People," said Mary Frances, after breakfast next day, "this is a very important morning with me."
Won't
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From this reading Won't that be fine?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You see, it's this way," she continued as she took her little book and sat in the rocking chair.