used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading WITH A POET The city by the sea sung itself in Hanny's brain.
Ah
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From this reading Ah, would she not want for the mother and the poet who loved her?
(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 She was floating on and on amidst all lovely things and divine fragrances.
amidstprepositionUS /əˈmɪdst/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading She was floating on and on amidst all lovely things and divine fragrances.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
any thing at all
From this reading She could never grow old; she would never want for anything.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading WITH A POET The city by the sea sung itself in Hanny's brain.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading WITH A POET The city by the sea sung itself in Hanny's brain.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading WITH A POET The city by the sea sung itself in Hanny's brain.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She could never grow old; she would never want for anything.
emanating from God
From this reading She was floating on and on amidst all lovely things and divine fragrances.
floatingadjectiveUS /ˈfloʊtɪŋ/
borne up by or suspended in a liquid
From this reading She was floating on and on amidst all lovely things and divine fragrances.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She could never grow old; she would never want for anything.
fragrancesnounUS /ˈfreɪɡrənsəz/
plural of “fragrance” — a distinctive odor that is pleasant
From this reading She was floating on and on amidst all lovely things and divine fragrances.
graveyardnounUS /ˈɡreɪvjɑːrd/
a tract of land used for burials
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading She could never grow old; she would never want for anything.
Hanny's
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From this reading WITH A POET The city by the sea sung itself in Hanny's brain.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Ah, would she not want for the mother and the poet who loved her?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WITH A POET The city by the sea sung itself in Hanny's brain.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading WITH A POET The city by the sea sung itself in Hanny's brain.
held dear
From this reading Ah, would she not want for the mother and the poet who loved her?
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading She was floating on and on amidst all lovely things and divine fragrances.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Ah, would she not want for the mother and the poet who loved her?
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading She could never grow old; she would never want for anything.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She was floating on and on amidst all lovely things and divine fragrances.
by chance
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading WITH A POET The city by the sea sung itself in Hanny's brain.
ruthlesslyadverbUS /ˈruːθləsli/
in a ruthless manner
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading WITH A POET The city by the sea sung itself in Hanny's brain.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was floating on and on amidst all lovely things and divine fragrances.
in or at or to some place
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
sungnounUS /sʌŋ/
the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy
From this reading WITH A POET The city by the sea sung itself in Hanny's brain.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WITH A POET The city by the sea sung itself in Hanny's brain.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading She was floating on and on amidst all lovely things and divine fragrances.
having edges that are jagged from injury
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading She could never grow old; she would never want for anything.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
which person or people
From this reading Ah, would she not want for the mother and the poet who loved her?
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
in the company of; together with
From this reading WITH A POET The city by the sea sung itself in Hanny's brain.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She could never grow old; she would never want for anything.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading The sweet, young, beautiful wife, ruthlessly torn away, was somewhere in space, among the stars perhaps, and not in the old graveyard.
