afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
(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 So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
apronsnounUS /ˈeɪprənz/
plural of “apron” — a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading THE EMPTY BOX.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
past form of “care” — feel concern or interest
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
dislikedadjectiveUS /dɪˈslaɪkt/
regarded with aversion
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
dollsnounUS /dɑːlz/
plural of “doll” — a small replica of a person; used as a toy
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
drawernounUS /drɔːr/
a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
move gently or carefully
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
make void or empty of contents
From this reading THE EMPTY BOX.
derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
divisible by two
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
past form of “fear” — be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading She showed her purchase to her mother, who said it was quite pretty, but not very substantial; that she feared it would not last long.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
FridaynounUS /ˈfraɪdi/
the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She showed her purchase to her mother, who said it was quite pretty, but not very substantial; that she feared it would not last long.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
how
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From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
set down according to a plan
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
immediately past
From this reading She showed her purchase to her mother, who said it was quite pretty, but not very substantial; that she feared it would not last long.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
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 She showed her purchase to her mother, who said it was quite pretty, but not very substantial; that she feared it would not last long.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
Marty
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From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading She showed her purchase to her mother, who said it was quite pretty, but not very substantial; that she feared it would not last long.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She showed her purchase to her mother, who said it was quite pretty, but not very substantial; that she feared it would not last long.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
(of games) engaged in
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading She showed her purchase to her mother, who said it was quite pretty, but not very substantial; that she feared it would not last long.
purchasenounUS /ˈpɜːrtʃəs/
the acquisition of something for payment
From this reading She showed her purchase to her mother, who said it was quite pretty, but not very substantial; that she feared it would not last long.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading She showed her purchase to her mother, who said it was quite pretty, but not very substantial; that she feared it would not last long.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
reproachfullyadverb
in a reproving or reproachful manner
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading She showed her purchase to her mother, who said it was quite pretty, but not very substantial; that she feared it would not last long.
filled with satisfaction
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
shelfnounUS /ʃelf/
A flat horizontal plane used to hold books or scrolls in a library.
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading She showed her purchase to her mother, who said it was quite pretty, but not very substantial; that she feared it would not last long.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
in the near future
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
be standing; be upright
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
substantialadjectiveUS /səbˈstænʃəl/
of considerable importance, size, or worth
From this reading She showed her purchase to her mother, who said it was quite pretty, but not very substantial; that she feared it would not last long.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She showed her purchase to her mother, who said it was quite pretty, but not very substantial; that she feared it would not last long.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE EMPTY BOX.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
hard to endure
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
precisely as stated
From this reading She showed her purchase to her mother, who said it was quite pretty, but not very substantial; that she feared it would not last long.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So the chair was bought and Marty tried to think she was perfectly satisfied, but it was strange how little she cared for it after all.
a Caucasian
From this reading The sight of the red box, too, was more than she could stand, it seemed to look so reproachfully at her; even after she had laid one of her white aprons over it she disliked to open the drawer.
which person or people
From this reading She showed her purchase to her mother, who said it was quite pretty, but not very substantial; that she feared it would not last long.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Marty put it in her dolls' house and played with it, trying hard to enjoy it, but her conscience was so ill at ease that she soon began to hate the sight of the chair, and by Friday evening she had pushed it away back on the shelf behind everything.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She showed her purchase to her mother, who said it was quite pretty, but not very substantial; that she feared it would not last long.
