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From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
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From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I guess you have read about them in stories.
speak to
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
Albertina
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From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
a youthful male person
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
butlernounUS /ˈbʌtlər/
a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
From this reading His name is a butler.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
Eleanor
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From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
a social unit living together
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
grandparentsnounUS /ˈɡrændperənts/
plural of “grandparent” — a parent of your father or mother
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading I guess you have read about them in stories.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Aunt Margaret makes ten, and they have a man to wait on the table.
HeightsnounUS /haɪts/
a high place
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His name is a butler.
HUTCHINSONS
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From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading Aunt Margaret makes ten, and they have a man to wait on the table.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Aunt Margaret makes ten, and they have a man to wait on the table.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
Margaret
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From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
joined in matrimony
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
Morningside
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From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading His name is a butler.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
and nothing more
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading I guess you have read about them in stories.
SaturdaysnounUS /ˈsætərdiz/
plural of “saturday” — the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading I guess you have read about them in stories.
SundaysnounUS /ˈsʌndeɪz/
plural of “sunday” — first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Aunt Margaret makes ten, and they have a man to wait on the table.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I guess you have read about them in stories.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Aunt Margaret makes ten, and they have a man to wait on the table.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading Aunt Margaret makes ten, and they have a man to wait on the table.
which person or people
From this reading "She has a mother and a father, and two (2) grandparents, one (1) aunt, one (1) brother, one (1) married lady and the boy of the lady, I think the married lady is a sister but I do not ask any one, oh--and another brother, who does not live here only on Saturdays and Sundays.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading THE TEN HUTCHINSONS "My Aunt Margaret has a great many people living in her family," Eleanor wrote to Albertina from her new address on Morningside Heights.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I guess you have read about them in stories.