used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading For Aline de Rochambeau a time of dull loneliness, and reaction, of hard grinding work, and insufficient food.
anew
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
AlineverbUS /əˈlaɪn/
place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
From this reading For Aline de Rochambeau a time of dull loneliness, and reaction, of hard grinding work, and insufficient food.
(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 had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DISTURBING INSINUATIONS February came in dreary, and bleak, and went out in torrents of rain.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading All these wasted morning hours had to be made up for in the dusk and dark of the still wintry evenings.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
bleakadjectiveUS /bliːk/
offering little or no hope
From this reading DISTURBING INSINUATIONS February came in dreary, and bleak, and went out in torrents of rain.
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading DISTURBING INSINUATIONS February came in dreary, and bleak, and went out in torrents of rain.
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
citizensnounUS /ˈsɪtəzənz/
plural of “citizen” — a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading All these wasted morning hours had to be made up for in the dusk and dark of the still wintry evenings.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading For Aline de Rochambeau a time of dull loneliness, and reaction, of hard grinding work, and insufficient food.
DISTURBINGadjectiveUS /dɪˈstɜːrbɪŋ/
causing distress or worry or anxiety
From this reading DISTURBING INSINUATIONS February came in dreary, and bleak, and went out in torrents of rain.
dolenounUS /doʊl/
a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
drearyadjectiveUS /ˈdrɪri/
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
From this reading DISTURBING INSINUATIONS February came in dreary, and bleak, and went out in torrents of rain.
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading For Aline de Rochambeau a time of dull loneliness, and reaction, of hard grinding work, and insufficient food.
dusknounUS /dʌsk/
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading All these wasted morning hours had to be made up for in the dusk and dark of the still wintry evenings.
earlyadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrli/
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
embroiderynounUS /emˈbrɔɪdəri/
elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
eveningsnounUS /ˈiːvnɪŋz/
plural of “evening” — the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading All these wasted morning hours had to be made up for in the dusk and dark of the still wintry evenings.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
FebruarynounUS /ˈfebjəweri/
the month following January and preceding March
From this reading DISTURBING INSINUATIONS February came in dreary, and bleak, and went out in torrents of rain.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading For Aline de Rochambeau a time of dull loneliness, and reaction, of hard grinding work, and insufficient food.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For Aline de Rochambeau a time of dull loneliness, and reaction, of hard grinding work, and insufficient food.
grindingnounUS /ˈɡraɪndɪŋ/
material resulting from the process of grinding
From this reading For Aline de Rochambeau a time of dull loneliness, and reaction, of hard grinding work, and insufficient food.
guaranteeverbUS /ˌɡerənˈtiː/
give surety or assume responsibility
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading For Aline de Rochambeau a time of dull loneliness, and reaction, of hard grinding work, and insufficient food.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DISTURBING INSINUATIONS February came in dreary, and bleak, and went out in torrents of rain.
IndivisibleadjectiveUS /ˌɪndɪˈvɪsɪbəl/
impossible of undergoing division
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
INSINUATIONSnounUS /ˌɪnsɪnjuːˈeɪʃənz/
plural of “insinuation” — an indirect (and usually malicious) implication
From this reading DISTURBING INSINUATIONS February came in dreary, and bleak, and went out in torrents of rain.
insufficientadjectiveUS /ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
From this reading For Aline de Rochambeau a time of dull loneliness, and reaction, of hard grinding work, and insufficient food.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
immediately past
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
lonelinessnounUS /ˈloʊnlinəs/
the state of being alone in solitary isolation
From this reading For Aline de Rochambeau a time of dull loneliness, and reaction, of hard grinding work, and insufficient food.
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 Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading All these wasted morning hours had to be made up for in the dusk and dark of the still wintry evenings.
meagreadjective
deficient in amount or quality or extent
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading All these wasted morning hours had to be made up for in the dusk and dark of the still wintry evenings.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DISTURBING INSINUATIONS February came in dreary, and bleak, and went out in torrents of rain.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading DISTURBING INSINUATIONS February came in dreary, and bleak, and went out in torrents of rain.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading DISTURBING INSINUATIONS February came in dreary, and bleak, and went out in torrents of rain.
raynounUS /reɪ/
a column of light (as from a beacon)
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
reactionnounUS /riˈækʃən/
(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others
From this reading For Aline de Rochambeau a time of dull loneliness, and reaction, of hard grinding work, and insufficient food.
get something; come into possession of
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
RepublicnounUS /riˈpʌblək/
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
move upward
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
Rochambeaunoun
French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807)
From this reading For Aline de Rochambeau a time of dull loneliness, and reaction, of hard grinding work, and insufficient food.
salenounUS /seɪl/
a particular instance of selling
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
be seated
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
hurting
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
be standing; be upright
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
starvingadjectiveUS /ˈstɑːrvɪŋ/
suffering from lack of food
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
not in physical motion
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
thankfuladjectiveUS /ˈθæŋkfəl/
feeling or showing gratitude
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading All these wasted morning hours had to be made up for in the dusk and dark of the still wintry evenings.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading For Aline de Rochambeau a time of dull loneliness, and reaction, of hard grinding work, and insufficient food.
tiredadjectiveUS /ˈtaɪərd/
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
torrentsnounUS /ˈtɔːrənts/
plural of “torrent” — a heavy rain
From this reading DISTURBING INSINUATIONS February came in dreary, and bleak, and went out in torrents of rain.
ultimateadjectiveUS /ˈʌltəmət/
furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading All these wasted morning hours had to be made up for in the dusk and dark of the still wintry evenings.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
wastedadjectiveUS /ˈweɪstɪd/
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
From this reading All these wasted morning hours had to be made up for in the dusk and dark of the still wintry evenings.
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading DISTURBING INSINUATIONS February came in dreary, and bleak, and went out in torrents of rain.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
wintryadjectiveUS /ˈwɪntri/
characteristic of or occurring in winter
From this reading All these wasted morning hours had to be made up for in the dusk and dark of the still wintry evenings.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading For Aline de Rochambeau a time of dull loneliness, and reaction, of hard grinding work, and insufficient food.
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading Then home again, faint and weary, to sit long hours, bent to catch the last, ultimate ray of dreary light, working fingers sore, and tired eyes red, over the fine embroidery for which she was so thankful still to find a sale.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She had to rise early, and stand in a line with other women, before she could receive the meagre dole of bread, which was all that the Republic One and Indivisible would guarantee its starving citizens.
