used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
how long something has existed
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
(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 If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?
Anstruther
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From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
BARRETT
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From this reading --E. BARRETT BROWNING.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
the formal act of approving
From this reading Shall I never miss Home-talk and blessing and the common kiss?
BROWNINGnounUS /ˈbraʊnɪŋ/
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading --E. BARRETT BROWNING.
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading Shall I never miss Home-talk and blessing and the common kiss?
a female human offspring
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading --E. BARRETT BROWNING.
chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
From this reading If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?
fashionable-looking
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From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?
fortyadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːrti/
being ten more than thirty
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
Home-talk
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From this reading Shall I never miss Home-talk and blessing and the common kiss?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading Shall I never miss Home-talk and blessing and the common kiss?
go away from a place
From this reading If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Shall I never miss Home-talk and blessing and the common kiss?
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Shall I never miss Home-talk and blessing and the common kiss?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
Identical; not different.
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Shall I never miss Home-talk and blessing and the common kiss?
spring-time
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From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
STARVEDadjectiveUS /stɑːrvd/
suffering from lack of food
From this reading STARVED.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Shall I never miss Home-talk and blessing and the common kiss?
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?
moved around an axis or center
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
precisely as stated
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
a late time of life
From this reading In the first pleasant spring-time of that same year, Mrs. Anstruther, a very gay and fashionable-looking woman of between forty and fifty years of age, turned on a certain morning to her daughter and made a remark:
