used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After that we’ll do whatever the spirit moves us.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Everybody is coming: the crowds from Willow Park and Karinyah, and a few people from Wootong.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading “Or whatever we have any energy left to do,” Dicky Atherton said.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
Atherton
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From this reading “Or whatever we have any energy left to do,” Dicky Atherton said.
batheverbUS /beɪð/
cleanse the entire body
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
BerylnounUS /ˈberəl/
the chief source of beryllium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems
From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
boatingnounUS /ˈboʊtɪŋ/
water travel for pleasure
From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “Everybody is coming: the crowds from Willow Park and Karinyah, and a few people from Wootong.
crowdsnounUS /kraʊdz/
plural of “crowd” — a large number of things or people considered together
From this reading “Everybody is coming: the crowds from Willow Park and Karinyah, and a few people from Wootong.
DickynounUS /ˈdɪki/
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
From this reading “Or whatever we have any energy left to do,” Dicky Atherton said.
diving-pools
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From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading After that we’ll do whatever the spirit moves us.”
earlyadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrli/
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
From this reading “Or whatever we have any energy left to do,” Dicky Atherton said.
every person
From this reading “Everybody is coming: the crowds from Willow Park and Karinyah, and a few people from Wootong.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading “Everybody is coming: the crowds from Willow Park and Karinyah, and a few people from Wootong.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Everybody is coming: the crowds from Willow Park and Karinyah, and a few people from Wootong.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
the act of departing
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Or whatever we have any energy left to do,” Dicky Atherton said.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Everybody is coming: the crowds from Willow Park and Karinyah, and a few people from Wootong.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
plural of “island” — a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
Karinyah
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From this reading “Everybody is coming: the crowds from Willow Park and Karinyah, and a few people from Wootong.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
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 “Or whatever we have any energy left to do,” Dicky Atherton said.
take the midday meal
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
engage in
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
McNab
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From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
movesnounUS /muːvz/
plural of “move” — the act of deciding to do something
From this reading After that we’ll do whatever the spirit moves us.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Or whatever we have any energy left to do,” Dicky Atherton said.
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading “Everybody is coming: the crowds from Willow Park and Karinyah, and a few people from Wootong.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “Everybody is coming: the crowds from Willow Park and Karinyah, and a few people from Wootong.
picnicnounUS /ˈpɪknɪk/
a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
RockyadjectiveUS /ˈrɑːki/
abounding in rocks or stones
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
Shepherd'snounUS /ˈʃepərdz/
possessive form of “shepherd” — a clergyman who watches over a group of people
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading After that we’ll do whatever the spirit moves us.”
SpitverbUS /spɪt/
expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading After that we’ll do whatever the spirit moves us.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Everybody is coming: the crowds from Willow Park and Karinyah, and a few people from Wootong.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading After that we’ll do whatever the spirit moves us.”
precisely as stated
From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ‟WE want to get up a big boating picnic, Mother,” Beryl McNab said one morning at breakfast.
we'll
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From this reading After that we’ll do whatever the spirit moves us.”
We're
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From this reading We’re going to make a very early start, sail round some of the islands, bathe in the big diving-pools on Rocky Spit and land on Shepherd’s Island for lunch.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading After that we’ll do whatever the spirit moves us.”
WillownounUS /ˈwɪloʊ/
any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix
From this reading “Everybody is coming: the crowds from Willow Park and Karinyah, and a few people from Wootong.
Wootong
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From this reading “Everybody is coming: the crowds from Willow Park and Karinyah, and a few people from Wootong.
