aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Eva and Fanny are all wrong about it.
(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 Eva and Fanny are all wrong about it.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Brewsters are not quarrelsome; they never have been.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading There were no words whatever last night to make my granddaughter run away.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The Brewsters are not quarrelsome; they never have been.
Brewsters
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From this reading The Brewsters are not quarrelsome; they never have been.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
Ellen
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From this reading Ellen has been stolen; I know it as well as if I had seen it.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
be identical or equivalent to
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
Eva
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From this reading Eva and Fanny are all wrong about it.
every person
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
a social unit living together
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading Eva and Fanny are all wrong about it.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
granddaughternounUS /ˈɡrændɔːtər/
a female grandchild
From this reading There were no words whatever last night to make my granddaughter run away.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Ellen has been stolen; I know it as well as if I had seen it.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ellen has been stolen; I know it as well as if I had seen it.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
how
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From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Ellen has been stolen; I know it as well as if I had seen it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
and nothing more
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Ellen has been stolen; I know it as well as if I had seen it.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
immediately past
From this reading There were no words whatever last night to make my granddaughter run away.
Louds
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From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
engage in
From this reading There were no words whatever last night to make my granddaughter run away.
take in marriage
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading There were no words whatever last night to make my granddaughter run away.
not any; not one
From this reading There were no words whatever last night to make my granddaughter run away.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
quarrelsomeadjectiveUS /ˈkwɔːrəlsəm/
given to quarreling
From this reading The Brewsters are not quarrelsome; they never have been.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading There were no words whatever last night to make my granddaughter run away.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Ellen has been stolen; I know it as well as if I had seen it.
a male human offspring
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
inflected form of “steal” — take without the owner's consent
From this reading Ellen has been stolen; I know it as well as if I had seen it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There were no words whatever last night to make my granddaughter run away.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Brewsters are not quarrelsome; they never have been.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were no words whatever last night to make my granddaughter run away.
weren't
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From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading There were no words whatever last night to make my granddaughter run away.
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading My son did not marry just as I wished; everybody knows that; the Louds weren't equal to our family, and everybody knows it, and I have never made any secret as to how I felt, but we have always got along well enough.
the words that are spoken
From this reading There were no words whatever last night to make my granddaughter run away.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading Eva and Fanny are all wrong about it.
