a-bed
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From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
ain't
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From this reading And the neighbors, they ain’t over-sociable, coming in to watch with the sick!
(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 ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I don’t care neither!
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
cept
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From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading And the neighbors, they ain’t over-sociable, coming in to watch with the sick!
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading THE DEATH OF GRAN’THER.
don't
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From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
destroyed or killed
From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
gran'darters
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From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
GRAN'THER
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From this reading THE DEATH OF GRAN’THER.
heartlessadjectiveUS /ˈhɑːrtləs/
lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
how
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From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
I'm
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From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
I've
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From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And the neighbors, they ain’t over-sociable, coming in to watch with the sick!
lonesomeadjectiveUS /ˈloʊnsəm/
being the only one; single and isolated from others
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
engage in
From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
neighborsnounUS /ˈneɪbərz/
plural of “neighbor” — a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading And the neighbors, they ain’t over-sociable, coming in to watch with the sick!
not one and not the other of two
From this reading And I don’t care neither!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE DEATH OF GRAN’THER.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
over-sociable
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From this reading And the neighbors, they ain’t over-sociable, coming in to watch with the sick!
possessing material wealth
From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading And the neighbors, they ain’t over-sociable, coming in to watch with the sick!
signedadjectiveUS /saɪnd/
having a handwritten signature
From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
in the near future
From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
sourverbUS /ˈsaʊər/
go sour or spoil
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DEATH OF GRAN’THER.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
look attentively
From this reading And the neighbors, they ain’t over-sociable, coming in to watch with the sick!
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
at the time that
From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Now that I’ve signed the will that will make them rich when I am dead, my heartless gran’darters don’t care how soon I’m gone!
in the company of; together with
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
the words that are spoken
From this reading ’Tis lonesome lying a-bed these weary weeks all alone ’cept when they come to wait on me with sour looks and short words.
