used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading At last, she fancied that a violent storm had come on in the very noon of a brilliant summer day.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The words haunted Lucia after she lay down in her little white bed that night.
(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 "Away from all you love!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
a particular environment or surrounding influence
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Away from all you love!"
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading The words haunted Lucia after she lay down in her little white bed that night.
bendingnounUS /ˈbendɪŋ/
movement that causes the formation of a curve
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
of surpassing excellence
From this reading At last, she fancied that a violent storm had come on in the very noon of a brilliant summer day.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading At last, she fancied that a violent storm had come on in the very noon of a brilliant summer day.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The words haunted Lucia after she lay down in her little white bed that night.
plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
opinion or judgment
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
well known or easily recognized
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
formed or conceived by the imagination
From this reading At last, she fancied that a violent storm had come on in the very noon of a brilliant summer day.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Away from all you love!"
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
hauntedadjectiveUS /ˈhɔːntɪd/
having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
From this reading The words haunted Lucia after she lay down in her little white bed that night.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The words haunted Lucia after she lay down in her little white bed that night.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The words haunted Lucia after she lay down in her little white bed that night.
immediately past
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The words haunted Lucia after she lay down in her little white bed that night.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The words haunted Lucia after she lay down in her little white bed that night.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading "Away from all you love!"
Lucia
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From this reading The words haunted Lucia after she lay down in her little white bed that night.
the location of something surrounded by other things
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading The words haunted Lucia after she lay down in her little white bed that night.
the middle of the day
From this reading At last, she fancied that a violent storm had come on in the very noon of a brilliant summer day.
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading At last, she fancied that a violent storm had come on in the very noon of a brilliant summer day.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
recurring again and again
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The words haunted Lucia after she lay down in her little white bed that night.
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading At last, she fancied that a violent storm had come on in the very noon of a brilliant summer day.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading At last, she fancied that a violent storm had come on in the very noon of a brilliant summer day.
confined on all sides
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The words haunted Lucia after she lay down in her little white bed that night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The words haunted Lucia after she lay down in her little white bed that night.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
threatnounUS /θret/
something that is a source of danger
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
a source of difficulty
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
precisely as stated
From this reading At last, she fancied that a violent storm had come on in the very noon of a brilliant summer day.
acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
From this reading At last, she fancied that a violent storm had come on in the very noon of a brilliant summer day.
at the time that
From this reading When at last she slept, these words, and the pale face of her mother bending over her as she closed her eyes, mixed themselves with her dreams.
a Caucasian
From this reading The words haunted Lucia after she lay down in her little white bed that night.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
showing curiosity
From this reading There, in the midst of every object familiar to her through all her life, surrounded by the perfect atmosphere of home, she repeated, with wondering trouble, the threat that had come to her.
the words that are spoken
From this reading The words haunted Lucia after she lay down in her little white bed that night.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Away from all you love!"
