Chapter X

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

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From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

(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 NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

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From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

a mountain or tall hill

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

the two together, not just one

From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

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From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

a young person of either sex

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

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From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

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From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

made known or openly avowed

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

grow worse

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

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From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

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From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

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From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

special importance or significance

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

divisible by two

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

at any time

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

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From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

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From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

your parents

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

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From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

plural of “gal” — United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters

From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

a young female

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

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From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

the mother of your father or mother

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

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From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

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From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

the one or ones belonging to her

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

where you live at a particular time

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

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From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

possessive form of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

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From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

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From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

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From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

plural of “key” — metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

possessive form of “lucy” — incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

plural of “lung” — either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood

From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

possessive form of “nobody” — a person of no influence

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

and nothing more

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

have ownership or possession of

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

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From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

precisely, exactly

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

except for; apart from

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

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From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

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From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

a female person who has the same parents as another person

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

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From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

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From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

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From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

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From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

successive (without a break)

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

express in words

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

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From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

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From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

in or at that place or location

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

up to a particular time

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

make physical contact with, come in contact with

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

an administrative division of a county

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

wanting in physical strength

From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

at the time that

From this reading Weak lungs is in the fam’ly, to begin with; I can rec’lect when those gals’ mother an’ aunt both went off with the gallopin’ consumption.

plural of “wish” — a specific feeling of desire

From this reading “She’s ben goin’ down stiddy ever sence she come back home, that’s flat; an’ here’s that sister of hers tellin’ folks as how ‘it’s jest a touch o’ bronchitis,’ an’ ‘she only wishes _she_ had Lucy’s constertution.’

in the company of; together with

From this reading NOBODY’S LITTLE GIRL “It doos beat all,” declared Grandma Brown, with even more than her usual emphasis, “how blind own folks can be!

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading I’ll lay there ain’t a man, woman nor child in Laurel township, save an’ exceptin’ Sophi’ Spellman, that don’t know Lucy’s goin’ straight into a decline.

an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Like as not, Lucy felt her husband’s death a good deal; an’ I’ve heerd tell how that Dakoty climate keys you right up till ye can’t live anywheres else without snappin’ off short.