used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
how long something has existed
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
at or in or to any place
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So occasional sharp criticisms as to the proceedings, reports of which floated to them from time to time, was the extent of their interference.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
attendingnounUS /əˈtendɪŋ/
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
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 John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
criticismsnounUS /ˈkrɪtɪsɪzəmz/
plural of “criticism” — disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings
From this reading So occasional sharp criticisms as to the proceedings, reports of which floated to them from time to time, was the extent of their interference.
decisionsnounUS /dɪˈsɪʒənz/
plural of “decision” — the act of making up your mind about something
From this reading Not that there had been much occasion for peremptory decisions.
Dorothy
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From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
the point or degree to which something extends
From this reading So occasional sharp criticisms as to the proceedings, reports of which floated to them from time to time, was the extent of their interference.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
flintsnounUS /flɪnts/
plural of “flint” — a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
floatedverbUS /ˈfloʊtəd/
past form of “float” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading So occasional sharp criticisms as to the proceedings, reports of which floated to them from time to time, was the extent of their interference.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Not that there had been much occasion for peremptory decisions.
made afraid
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
the act of departing
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
interferencenounUS /ˌɪntərˈfɪrəns/
a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
From this reading So occasional sharp criticisms as to the proceedings, reports of which floated to them from time to time, was the extent of their interference.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
move something or somebody to a lower position
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
being nothing more than specified
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
MorgansnounUS /ˈmɔːrɡənz/
plural of “morgan” — United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881)
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Not that there had been much occasion for peremptory decisions.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not that there had been much occasion for peremptory decisions.
an event that occurs at a critical time
From this reading Not that there had been much occasion for peremptory decisions.
occasionaladjectiveUS /əˈkeɪʒənəl/
occurring from time to time
From this reading So occasional sharp criticisms as to the proceedings, reports of which floated to them from time to time, was the extent of their interference.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
OPPORTUNITIESnounUS /ˌɑːpərˈtuːnətiz/
plural of “opportunity” — a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading OPPORTUNITIES.
peremptoryadjectiveUS /pərˈemptəri/
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
From this reading Not that there had been much occasion for peremptory decisions.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
proceedingsnounUS /proʊˈsiːdɪŋz/
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
From this reading So occasional sharp criticisms as to the proceedings, reports of which floated to them from time to time, was the extent of their interference.
marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
reportsnounUS /rɪˈpɔːrts/
plural of “report” — a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
From this reading So occasional sharp criticisms as to the proceedings, reports of which floated to them from time to time, was the extent of their interference.
senioradjectiveUS /ˈsiːnjər/
older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading So occasional sharp criticisms as to the proceedings, reports of which floated to them from time to time, was the extent of their interference.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So occasional sharp criticisms as to the proceedings, reports of which floated to them from time to time, was the extent of their interference.
relating to human society and its members
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Not that there had been much occasion for peremptory decisions.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading So occasional sharp criticisms as to the proceedings, reports of which floated to them from time to time, was the extent of their interference.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Not that there had been much occasion for peremptory decisions.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading So occasional sharp criticisms as to the proceedings, reports of which floated to them from time to time, was the extent of their interference.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So occasional sharp criticisms as to the proceedings, reports of which floated to them from time to time, was the extent of their interference.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
at the time that
From this reading John, when he arrived at the proper age for attending, had grown away from the church into a lower circle, and Dorothy was frightened at the mere thought of going anywhere alone.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A CHURCH social had been one of the places against which the senior Morgans had set their faces like flints.
