All 50 Uses
arable
in
Charlotte's Web
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- "Out to the hoghouse," replied Mrs. Arable.†
p. 1.2arable = capable of being farmed productively
- Mrs. Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table.†
p. 1.6
- Mr. Arable stopped walking.†
p. 2.2
- "Fern," said Mr. Arable, "I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do.†
p. 3.1
- Mr. Arable smiled.†
p. 3.3
- A queer look came over John Arable's face.†
p. 3.5
- When Mr. Arable returned to the house half an hour later, he carried a carton under his arm.†
p. 3.7
- "Put it on her chair!" said Mrs. Arable.†
p. 3.9
- Mr. Arable set the carton down at Fern's place.†
p. 3.9
- "He's yours," said Mr. Arable.†
p. 4.4
- "She's got a guest for breakfast," said Mrs. Arable.†
p. 4.9
- "No, I only distribute pigs to early risers," said Mr. Arable.†
p. 5.4
- Mrs. Arable found a baby's nursing bottle and a rubber nipple.†
p. 5.9
- "Run!" commanded Mrs. Arable, taking the pig from Fern and slipping a doughnut into her hand.†
p. 7.2
- Mrs. Arable gave him a feeding around noontime each day, when Fern was away in school.†
p. 8.4
- Then, when Mrs. Arable complained, he was moved to a bigger box in the woodshed.†
p. 8.8
- Mr. Arable fixed a small yard specially for Wilbur under an apple tree, and gave him a large wooden box full of straw, with a doorway cut in it so he could walk in and out as he pleased.†
p. 8.9
- When he was five weeks old, Mr. Arable said he was now big enough to sell, and would have to be sold.†
p. 12.1
- Mr. Arable was not willing to provide for him any longer.†
p. 12.2
- "Call up the Zuckermans," suggested Mrs. Arable to Fern.†
p. 12.4
- Lurvy, Zuckerman, even John Arable.†
p. 49.8
- "Mr. Arable?" sobbed 'Wilbur.†
p. 49.8
- Arable arrives with his .22, shoots the ..." "Stop!" screamed Wilbur.†
p. 49.9
- ON SUNDAY morning Mr. and Mrs. Arable and Fern were sitting at breakfast in the kitchen.†
p. 52.1
- "How many?" asked Mr. Arable.†
p. 52.3
- "The goose did what?" asked Mrs. Arable, gazing at her daughter with a queer, worried look.†
p. 52.6
- "Who is Templeton?" asked Mrs. Arable.†
p. 52.8
- "Who's 'us'?" asked Mr. Arable.†
p. 52.9
- "Charlotte?" said Mrs. Arable.†
p. 53.1
- "What does she look like?" asked Mrs. Arable.†
p. 53.2
- "Does he really?" said Mrs. Arable, rather vaguely.†
p. 53.5
- "I haven't the faintest idea," said Mr. Arable.†
p. 53.7
- "Yes, I do," said Mrs. Arable.†
p. 54.1
- After she had left the room, Mrs. Arable spoke in a low voice to her husband.†
p. 54.4
- Mr. Arable chuckled.†
p. 54.5
- "Just the same, I do worry about her," replied Mrs. Arable.†
p. 54.7
- Mr. Arable grinned.†
p. 54.9
- That morning, just as Wilbur fell asleep, Avery Arable wandered into the Zuckerman's front yard, followed by Fern.†
p. 67.9
- There were many complaints about the awful smell, and Wilbur had to tell the story over and over again, of how the Arable boy had tried to capture Charlotte, and how the smell of the broken egg drove him away just in time.†
p. 73.6
- When Fern told her mother that Avery had tried to hit the Zuckermans' spider with a stick, Mrs. Arable was so shocked that she sent Avery to bed without any supper, as punishment.†
p. 84.4
- Mrs. Arable worked silently.†
p. 105.2
- "What kind of story did she tell?" asked Mrs. Arable.†
p. 105.7
- "Fern, dear, how would a fish get in a spider's web?" said Mrs. Arable.†
p. 105.9
- "Yes, I suppose they do," said Mrs. Arable, vaguely.†
p. 106.8
- Finally Mrs. Arable made up her mind she would pay a call on old Doctor Dorian and ask his advice.†
p. 107.4
- He was glad to see Mrs. Arable and gave her a comfortable chair.†
p. 107.6
- "Yes," said Mrs. Arable.†
p. 107.9
- "Have you heard about the words that appeared in the spider's web?" asked Mrs. Arable nervously.†
p. 108.6
- "Well, do you' understand it?" asked Mrs. Arable.†
p. 108.7
- "What's miraculous about a spider's web?" said Mrs. Arable.†
p. 109.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(arable) of land: capable of being farmed productively
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)