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Aaron’s rod: Definition and part of speech

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Aaron’s rod

  1. A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.
  2. A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aard-wolf: Definition and part of speech

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Aard-wolf

  1. n. A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aard-vark: Definition and part of speech

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Aard-vark

  1. n. An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aam: Definition and part of speech

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Aam

  1. n. A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36 1/2, at Hamburg 38 1/4.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

A 1: Definition and part of speech

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A 1

  1. A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd’s) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior grades are indicated by A 2 and A 3.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

A-: Definition and part of speech

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A-

  1. A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French a (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix / without, or privative, not, as in abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

A: Definition and part of speech

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A

  1. 1adv. 1Def
  2. 2adv. 2Def
  3. 3adv. 3Def
  4. 4adv. 4Def
  5. 5adv. 5Def
  6. 6adv. 6Def
  7. 7adv. 7Def
  8. 8adv. 8Def
  9. 9adv. 9Def
  10. 10adv. 10Def
  11. 11adv. 11Def
  12. 12adv. 12Def

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ice cream story for Preschoolers

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 Ice cream story for Preschoolers 

ARNOLD  THE  ICE–CREAM  LOVER

 

 

 

Arnold was a little boy who loved, just loved ice-cream.  He never seemed to be able to have enough.  Every day, straight after lunch, his mother gave him a big bowl with a large dollop of ice-cream.

 

Soon he would turn five and his mother decided to give him a birthday party.  The party was to take place in a few days.  His mother bought all kinds of goodies and invited all Arnold’s friends.

 

He could hardly wait.  At last, the big day came ad his friends arrived, bringing him lovely toys.

 

The table was laid with cakes, sweets, nuts, and jellies and, of course, a large rainbow ice-cream birthday cake.  On top of the cake were five candles and Arnold’s name printed in beautiful letters.  He could not believe his luck. 

 

The children played and ate.  Arnold did not play – he sat in a corner eating his ice-cream.  In fact – he had far too much.

 

At last it was time for him to blow out the candles.  He took a deep breath, blew, and out they went.

 

He closed his eyes and wished.  Suddenly Arnold felt he was far away, far from his party in the land of Ice-Cream”.  He was surrounded by a row of bowing ice-cream cones and they said – Arnold, because you love ice-cream so much and it is your birthday, we declare you “King of Ice-cream Land”.  The King of Ice-Cream Land is given a never-ending ice-cream cone that changes flavour with each lick.

 

Arnold was delighted and eagerly started licking his cone. However, a strange thing happened. He was enjoying the ice-cream so much that he did not notice the ice-cream becoming bigger and bigger.

 

After a long time, he felt that he had eaten enough and stopped licking, but the cone grew and grew.  He licked and licked, but the more he licked, the faster the flavours changed and the bigger it got.  By now he was feeling quite queasy and wished he could escape from this “monstrous “cone.

 

Arnold felt a hand on his shoulder.  “Arnold, wake up, you cannot just stand there day-dreaming …………. –  you must cut the cake.”

 

“Oh Mother”- said Arnold – Ï do not think I could ever eat ice-cream again.

 

 

 

Barbara Louise Gillman
Barbara Louise Gillman

Barbara Gillman
Principal Member Voice Perfect
A.T.C.L., L.T.C.L., F.T.C.L.
(Trinity College, London)

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