used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The apartment into which I hurriedly stepped I found to be a long and narrow hall, heavily draped.
(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 This situation did not please me, because I must perforce hear all that went on in the rooms which I had just left.
in addition
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The apartment into which I hurriedly stepped I found to be a long and narrow hall, heavily draped.
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading The apartment into which I hurriedly stepped I found to be a long and narrow hall, heavily draped.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The apartment into which I hurriedly stepped I found to be a long and narrow hall, heavily draped.
for the reason that
From this reading This situation did not please me, because I must perforce hear all that went on in the rooms which I had just left.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
drapedadjectiveUS /dreɪpt/
covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
From this reading The apartment into which I hurriedly stepped I found to be a long and narrow hall, heavily draped.
EliotnounUS /ˈeliət/
British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)
From this reading --_George Eliot_.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
to come or go into
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
set up or found
From this reading The apartment into which I hurriedly stepped I found to be a long and narrow hall, heavily draped.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading --_George Eliot_.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This situation did not please me, because I must perforce hear all that went on in the rooms which I had just left.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading The apartment into which I hurriedly stepped I found to be a long and narrow hall, heavily draped.
happiestadjectiveUS /ˈhæpiəst/
superlative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading PAKENHAM'S PRICE The happiest women, like nations, have no history.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading PAKENHAM'S PRICE The happiest women, like nations, have no history.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading This situation did not please me, because I must perforce hear all that went on in the rooms which I had just left.
to a considerable degree
From this reading The apartment into which I hurriedly stepped I found to be a long and narrow hall, heavily draped.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading PAKENHAM'S PRICE The happiest women, like nations, have no history.
hurriedlyadverbUS /ˈhɜːridli/
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading The apartment into which I hurriedly stepped I found to be a long and narrow hall, heavily draped.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The apartment into which I hurriedly stepped I found to be a long and narrow hall, heavily draped.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This situation did not please me, because I must perforce hear all that went on in the rooms which I had just left.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The apartment into which I hurriedly stepped I found to be a long and narrow hall, heavily draped.
intrudeverbUS /ˌɪnˈtruːd/
enter uninvited
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
and nothing more
From this reading This situation did not please me, because I must perforce hear all that went on in the rooms which I had just left.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading This situation did not please me, because I must perforce hear all that went on in the rooms which I had just left.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading PAKENHAM'S PRICE The happiest women, like nations, have no history.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The apartment into which I hurriedly stepped I found to be a long and narrow hall, heavily draped.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading This situation did not please me, because I must perforce hear all that went on in the rooms which I had just left.
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading The apartment into which I hurriedly stepped I found to be a long and narrow hall, heavily draped.
nationsnounUS /ˈneɪʃənz/
plural of “nation” — a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading PAKENHAM'S PRICE The happiest women, like nations, have no history.
not any; not one
From this reading PAKENHAM'S PRICE The happiest women, like nations, have no history.
not one, and not any
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
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From this reading PAKENHAM'S PRICE The happiest women, like nations, have no history.
perforceadverbUS /pərˈfɔːrs/
by necessity; by force of circumstance
From this reading This situation did not please me, because I must perforce hear all that went on in the rooms which I had just left.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading This situation did not please me, because I must perforce hear all that went on in the rooms which I had just left.
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading PAKENHAM'S PRICE The happiest women, like nations, have no history.
right-handadjectiveUS /raɪtˈhænd/
located on or directed toward the right
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading This situation did not please me, because I must perforce hear all that went on in the rooms which I had just left.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
From this reading This situation did not please me, because I must perforce hear all that went on in the rooms which I had just left.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A door or so made off on the right-hand side, and a closed door also appeared at the farther end; but none invited me to enter, and I did not care to intrude.
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading The apartment into which I hurriedly stepped I found to be a long and narrow hall, heavily draped.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This situation did not please me, because I must perforce hear all that went on in the rooms which I had just left.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PAKENHAM'S PRICE The happiest women, like nations, have no history.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This situation did not please me, because I must perforce hear all that went on in the rooms which I had just left.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The apartment into which I hurriedly stepped I found to be a long and narrow hall, heavily draped.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading This situation did not please me, because I must perforce hear all that went on in the rooms which I had just left.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The apartment into which I hurriedly stepped I found to be a long and narrow hall, heavily draped.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading PAKENHAM'S PRICE The happiest women, like nations, have no history.
