Chapter 17 of The Traditional Games of England, Scotland — Vol 2 is here in full — 370 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Traditional Games of England, Scotland — Vol 2 is here in full — 370 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
—Symondsbury, Dorset (_Folk-lore Journal_, vii. 215). VIII. Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die. Except the youngest here [naming her].
Chapter 17 of The Traditional Games of England, Scotland — Vol 2 is here in full — 370 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die.”
apart from; not including
From this reading “Except the youngest here [naming her].”
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading “Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die.”
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading “Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die.”
a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading “Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die.”
the verbal act of naming
From this reading “Except the youngest here [naming her].”
superlative of “young” — (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “Except the youngest here [naming her].”
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From this reading 215).
(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 Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die.
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From this reading —Symondsbury, Dorset (_Folk-lore Journal_, vii.
apart from; not including
From this reading Except the youngest here [naming her].
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —Symondsbury, Dorset (_Folk-lore Journal_, vii.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Except the youngest here [naming her].
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Except the youngest here [naming her].
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die.
a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
From this reading —Symondsbury, Dorset (_Folk-lore Journal_, vii.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die.
the verbal act of naming
From this reading Except the youngest here [naming her].
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die.
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From this reading —Symondsbury, Dorset (_Folk-lore Journal_, vii.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Except the youngest here [naming her].
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading —Symondsbury, Dorset (_Folk-lore Journal_, vii.
the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
From this reading VIII.
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From this reading Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high, We are all living, and we shall all die.
superlative of “young” — (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Except the youngest here [naming her].
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