used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading She received the facts as facts, and got very keen and eager over those that had any dramatic interest in them.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She received the facts as facts, and got very keen and eager over those that had any dramatic interest in them.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
the sacred writings of the Christian religions
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
a youthful male person
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
can't
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From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
capacitynounUS /kəˈpæsəti/
capability to perform or produce
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
classifyverbUS /ˈklæsəfaɪ/
arrange or order by classes or categories
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
commonplaceadjectiveUS /ˈkɑːmənpleɪs/
completely ordinary and unremarkable
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
compareverbUS /kəmˈper/
examine and note the similarities or differences of
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
comparings
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From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
creedsnounUS /kriːdz/
plural of “creed” — any system of principles or beliefs
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
criticaladjectiveUS /ˈkrɪtɪkəl/
marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
DACRE
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From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
emanating from God
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
downrightadverbUS /ˈdaʊnraɪt/
thoroughgoing
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
dramaticadjectiveUS /drəˈmætɪk/
suitable to or characteristic of drama
From this reading She received the facts as facts, and got very keen and eager over those that had any dramatic interest in them.
dugnounUS /dʌɡ/
an udder or breast or teat
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
eageradjectiveUS /ˈiːɡər/
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
From this reading She received the facts as facts, and got very keen and eager over those that had any dramatic interest in them.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
Eton
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From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
at any time
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
exaltationnoun
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
plural of “fact” — a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading She received the facts as facts, and got very keen and eager over those that had any dramatic interest in them.
facultynounUS /ˈfækəlti/
one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
Fellowes
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From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
a young female
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading She received the facts as facts, and got very keen and eager over those that had any dramatic interest in them.
grandeurnounUS /ɡrænˈduːr/
the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
Gwen
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From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
Gwen's
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From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
provoking horror
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
idyllnounUS /ˈaɪdəl/
an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
imbibingnoun
the act of consuming liquids
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
instructionnounUS /ˌɪnˈstrʌkʃən/
a message describing how something is to be done
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
intellectualadjectiveUS /ˌɪntəˈlektʃuːəl/
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading She received the facts as facts, and got very keen and eager over those that had any dramatic interest in them.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
From this reading She received the facts as facts, and got very keen and eager over those that had any dramatic interest in them.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
being nothing more than specified
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
monotonousadjectiveUS /məˈnɑːtənəs/
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
a form of address for a man
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
not any; not one
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
opinionsnounUS /əˈpɪnjənz/
plural of “opinion” — a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She received the facts as facts, and got very keen and eager over those that had any dramatic interest in them.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
preciselyadverbUS /prɪˈsaɪsli/
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
ransackverbUS /ˈrænsæk/
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
on the contrary
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading She received the facts as facts, and got very keen and eager over those that had any dramatic interest in them.
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
revelled
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From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
Sandhurst
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From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
searchings
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From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She received the facts as facts, and got very keen and eager over those that had any dramatic interest in them.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
suckledadjective
(of an infant) breast-fed
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
summingverbUS /ˈsʌmɪŋ/
inflected form of “sum” — be a summary of
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
surroundingsnounUS /sərˈaʊndɪŋz/
the environmental condition
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She received the facts as facts, and got very keen and eager over those that had any dramatic interest in them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She received the facts as facts, and got very keen and eager over those that had any dramatic interest in them.
theoriesnounUS /ˈθɪriz/
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 The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading She received the facts as facts, and got very keen and eager over those that had any dramatic interest in them.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
unsatisfactoryadjectiveUS /ˌʌnsətɪˈsfæktəri/
not giving satisfaction
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
unscrupulousnessnoun
the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
the act of using
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
precisely as stated
From this reading She received the facts as facts, and got very keen and eager over those that had any dramatic interest in them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading DACRE had been shot through Eton into Sandhurst, and Gwen was fast growing up and imbibing religious instruction in precisely the fashion one might have expected from her surroundings and her turn of mind.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
at the time that
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
in or at the place that
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading “The whole scheme is very fine,” she said one day, “it is a perfect idyll in its way, and divine from the mere exaltation and grandeur of it, but where any proof of a personal God comes in I can’t see, any more than in any of the other creeds.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The unsatisfactory part of the business was when the horrible critical faculty of the girl began to ransack the facts and the theories hung on them, and to turn them inside out, and to compare and classify them with an honest downright unscrupulousness that no girl suckled on the Bible could ever, no matter what her opinions might be, or rather her own opinion of her opinions, find it in her heart to use, and the summing up of Gwen’s searchings and comparings was monotonous and commonplace enough.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She dug into their depths and revelled in them as any other boy or girl of sound intellectual capacity would do, when they were put as Mr. Fellowes put them.
