used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
a-courtin
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From this reading “I wa’n’t but seventeen when he first come a-courtin’ me, and now I’m risin’ forty.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I wa’n’t but seventeen when he first come a-courtin’ me, and now I’m risin’ forty.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “I wa’n’t but seventeen when he first come a-courtin’ me, and now I’m risin’ forty.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “I wa’n’t but seventeen when he first come a-courtin’ me, and now I’m risin’ forty.
consid'able
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From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
without stop or interruption
From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
dearly loved
From this reading “Dear Loveday!
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading And the Lord ’peared to have filled my hands consid’able full where he’d sot me.”
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
firmeradjectiveUS /ˈfɜːrmər/
comparative of “firm” — marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “I wa’n’t but seventeen when he first come a-courtin’ me, and now I’m risin’ forty.
your parents
From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
fortyadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːrti/
being ten more than thirty
From this reading “I wa’n’t but seventeen when he first come a-courtin’ me, and now I’m risin’ forty.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading And the Lord ’peared to have filled my hands consid’able full where he’d sot me.”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading And the Lord ’peared to have filled my hands consid’able full where he’d sot me.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And the Lord ’peared to have filled my hands consid’able full where he’d sot me.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I wa’n’t but seventeen when he first come a-courtin’ me, and now I’m risin’ forty.
he'd
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From this reading And the Lord ’peared to have filled my hands consid’able full where he’d sot me.”
Hiram
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From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wa’n’t but seventeen when he first come a-courtin’ me, and now I’m risin’ forty.
I'm
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From this reading “I wa’n’t but seventeen when he first come a-courtin’ me, and now I’m risin’ forty.
I've
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From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
kep
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From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
immediately past
From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading And the Lord ’peared to have filled my hands consid’able full where he’d sot me.”
Loveday
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From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
matrimonynounUS /ˈmætrəmoʊni/
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I wa’n’t but seventeen when he first come a-courtin’ me, and now I’m risin’ forty.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And the Lord ’peared to have filled my hands consid’able full where he’d sot me.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “I wa’n’t but seventeen when he first come a-courtin’ me, and now I’m risin’ forty.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
partickler
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From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
peared
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From this reading And the Lord ’peared to have filled my hands consid’able full where he’d sot me.”
risin
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From this reading “I wa’n’t but seventeen when he first come a-courtin’ me, and now I’m risin’ forty.
seventeenadjectiveUS /ˈsevənˈtiːn/
being one more than sixteen
From this reading “I wa’n’t but seventeen when he first come a-courtin’ me, and now I’m risin’ forty.
sotnounUS /sɔːt/
a chronic drinker
From this reading And the Lord ’peared to have filled my hands consid’able full where he’d sot me.”
orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
tarlent
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From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And the Lord ’peared to have filled my hands consid’able full where he’d sot me.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I wa’n’t never one that felt a partickler call to matrimony, nor that thought they had any great tarlent for it.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
wa'n't
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From this reading “I wa’n’t but seventeen when he first come a-courtin’ me, and now I’m risin’ forty.
waitin
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From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE FIND OURSELVES OWN FOLKS AT LAST “I’ve kep’ Hiram waitin’ consid’able of a spell,” continued Loveday, in a firmer voice.
at the time that
From this reading “I wa’n’t but seventeen when he first come a-courtin’ me, and now I’m risin’ forty.
in or at the place that
From this reading And the Lord ’peared to have filled my hands consid’able full where he’d sot me.”
