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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Then she told the little girl— HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
beadsnounUS /biːdz/
several beads threaded together on a string
From this reading Two blue beads for eyes.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading Two blue beads for eyes.
coarseadjectiveUS /kɔːrs/
of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
From this reading Then she told the little girl— HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton.
cottonnounUS /ˈkɑːtən/
soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
From this reading Then she told the little girl— HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton.
dearly loved
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
plural of “direction” — a line leading to a place or point
From this reading Directions: 1.
dollnounUS /dɑːl/
a small replica of a person; used as a toy
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
dollynounUS /ˈdɑːli/
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
embroiderynounUS /emˈbrɔɪdəri/
elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
From this reading Then she told the little girl— HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton.
at any time
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
opinion or judgment
From this reading Two blue beads for eyes.
to certain extent or degree
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Two blue beads for eyes.
FrancesnounUS /ˈfrænsɪs/
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading Then she told the little girl— HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton.
a young female
From this reading Then she told the little girl— HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
how
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From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
INFANTnounUS /ˈɪnfənt/
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading Then she told the little girl— HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
knittingnounUS /ˈnɪtɪŋ/
needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
From this reading Then she told the little girl— HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
engage in
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
From this reading Then she told the little girl— HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then she told the little girl— HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
have ownership or possession of
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading (See picture, page 122.)
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading (See picture, page 122.)
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Then she told the little girl— HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading (See picture, page 122.)
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
strandnounUS /strænd/
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
From this reading Then she told the little girl— HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton.
express in words
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then she told the little girl— HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Then she told the little girl— HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two blue beads for eyes.
a Caucasian
From this reading Then she told the little girl— HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
worstednounUS /ˈwɜːrstɪd/
a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns "he wore a worsted suit"
From this reading Then she told the little girl— HOW TO MAKE AN INFANT YARN DOLL Material: White knitting worsted.[G] A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton.
YarnnounUS /jɑːrn/
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A LETTER FROM MOTHER “THE poor little dear!” exclaimed Fairly Flew, “a doll she shall have, and I will tell you how to make it myself—a doll that looks ever so much like Mary Frances’ own dolly, our dear Yarn Baby!”
