Chapter V

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

From this reading A Nymph of the Wave.

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From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

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From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

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

From this reading “I be’s an old crittur, Miss Peggy, and old critturs doesn’t get so much sleep as the young.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading “But you are up yourself, Molly!”

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

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

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From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

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From this reading “I be’s an old crittur, Miss Peggy, and old critturs doesn’t get so much sleep as the young.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading “But you are up yourself, Molly!”

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From this reading “I be’s an old crittur, Miss Peggy, and old critturs doesn’t get so much sleep as the young.

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From this reading “I be’s an old crittur, Miss Peggy, and old critturs doesn’t get so much sleep as the young.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

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From this reading “I be’s an old crittur, Miss Peggy, and old critturs doesn’t get so much sleep as the young.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “I be’s an old crittur, Miss Peggy, and old critturs doesn’t get so much sleep as the young.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

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

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

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

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

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

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “I be’s an old crittur, Miss Peggy, and old critturs doesn’t get so much sleep as the young.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “I be’s an old crittur, Miss Peggy, and old critturs doesn’t get so much sleep as the young.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ’Sides, Miss Peggy, they doesn’t need it.”

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

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From this reading A Nymph of the Wave.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A Nymph of the Wave.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

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

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ’Sides, Miss Peggy, they doesn’t need it.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “I be’s an old crittur, Miss Peggy, and old critturs doesn’t get so much sleep as the young.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading “I be’s an old crittur, Miss Peggy, and old critturs doesn’t get so much sleep as the young.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

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

From this reading A Nymph of the Wave.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading ’Sides, Miss Peggy, they doesn’t need it.”

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

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

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading A Nymph of the Wave.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

at the time that

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “What I says is this, my dear,” said old Molly to Peggy McQueen, when she found her up and dressed next morning at a little past six, “it ain’t nateral, and if you take old Molly’s advice you’ll go back to bed again, as fast as you likes.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “I be’s an old crittur, Miss Peggy, and old critturs doesn’t get so much sleep as the young.

used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action

From this reading “But you are up yourself, Molly!”