Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

From this reading If they were not quite ready to take up her theories for the advancement of women, they fell to reading the delightful "Neighbours" and "Home."

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading And now there was to be another visitant, "The Swedish Nightingale."

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

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From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

harsh or corrosive in tone

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

a period of 100 years

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

strongly attracted

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

greatly pleasing or entertaining

From this reading If they were not quite ready to take up her theories for the advancement of women, they fell to reading the delightful "Neighbours" and "Home."

a word used in exclamations of confusion

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading We have done so much, we have had so many wonderful happenings since then.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

having or showing great excitement and interest

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

showing approval

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

From this reading If they were not quite ready to take up her theories for the advancement of women, they fell to reading the delightful "Neighbours" and "Home."

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

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From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

the act of acquiring something

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

destroyed or killed

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading We have done so much, we have had so many wonderful happenings since then.

plural of “happening” — an event that happens

From this reading We have done so much, we have had so many wonderful happenings since then.

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From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading We have done so much, we have had so many wonderful happenings since then.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

past form of “honour” — bestow honor or rewards upon

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

favorable to life and growth

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If they were not quite ready to take up her theories for the advancement of women, they fell to reading the delightful "Neighbours" and "Home."

deeply or markedly affected or influenced

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading We have done so much, we have had so many wonderful happenings since then.

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From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

to a great degree or extent

From this reading We have done so much, we have had so many wonderful happenings since then.

plural of “neighbour” — a person who lives (or is located) near another

From this reading If they were not quite ready to take up her theories for the advancement of women, they fell to reading the delightful "Neighbours" and "Home."

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song

From this reading And now there was to be another visitant, "The Swedish Nightingale."

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading If they were not quite ready to take up her theories for the advancement of women, they fell to reading the delightful "Neighbours" and "Home."

widely known and esteemed

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

one who writes novels

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading And now there was to be another visitant, "The Swedish Nightingale."

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

above and across; more than

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

on the contrary

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

From this reading If they were not quite ready to take up her theories for the advancement of women, they fell to reading the delightful "Neighbours" and "Home."

completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress

From this reading If they were not quite ready to take up her theories for the advancement of women, they fell to reading the delightful "Neighbours" and "Home."

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

from a time in the past until now

From this reading We have done so much, we have had so many wonderful happenings since then.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading We have done so much, we have had so many wonderful happenings since then.

to a small degree or extent

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

of or relating to or characteristic of Sweden or its people or culture or language

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

carry out

From this reading If they were not quite ready to take up her theories for the advancement of women, they fell to reading the delightful "Neighbours" and "Home."

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading We have done so much, we have had so many wonderful happenings since then.

plural of “theory” — a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena

From this reading If they were not quite ready to take up her theories for the advancement of women, they fell to reading the delightful "Neighbours" and "Home."

in or at that place or location

From this reading And now there was to be another visitant, "The Swedish Nightingale."

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

undergoing no change when acted upon

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading If they were not quite ready to take up her theories for the advancement of women, they fell to reading the delightful "Neighbours" and "Home."

someone who visits

From this reading And now there was to be another visitant, "The Swedish Nightingale."

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We have done so much, we have had so many wonderful happenings since then.

accept gladly

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading To be sure, Dickens had been over and made, people thought, a somewhat caustic return for the hospitable welcome; Harriet Martineau had made a tour, and gone home rather favourably impressed; and the winter before the intellectual circle--and it was getting to be quite notable--had honoured the Swedish novelist, Frederica Bremer, and been really charmed by her unaffected sweetness.

plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading If they were not quite ready to take up her theories for the advancement of women, they fell to reading the delightful "Neighbours" and "Home."

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

From this reading We have done so much, we have had so many wonderful happenings since then.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading AMONG GREAT THINGS Were people more enthusiastic in old New York than they are at the end of the century?