Chapter I · Chapter 1

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

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how long something has existed

From this reading Youth can be in sympathy with age, while not understanding it, while not suspecting, perhaps, that there is anything to understand beyond the streaked hair and the pale glance and the little torture-lines which paint the portrait of fifty years for the eyes of twenty.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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any thing at all

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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Only the big things are clear."

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading "When one wants to read it, one finds ever so many words which one cannot understand, and one has to look them out in a sort of unfamiliar dictionary, and try to make sense of the sentences as best one can.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Clare glanced at her mother, smiling innocently and half mechanically, without much definite expression, and quite without curiosity.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

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the supreme effort one can make

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on the far side of; further than

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above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Only the big things are clear."

of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

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From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "When one wants to read it, one finds ever so many words which one cannot understand, and one has to look them out in a sort of unfamiliar dictionary, and try to make sense of the sentences as best one can.

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From this reading Clare glanced at her mother, smiling innocently and half mechanically, without much definite expression, and quite without curiosity.

rid of obstructions

From this reading Only the big things are clear."

someone who works in a coal mine

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come or bring to a finish or an end

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United States neoclassical sculptor (1814-1857)

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a state in which you want to learn more about something

From this reading Clare glanced at her mother, smiling innocently and half mechanically, without much definite expression, and quite without curiosity.

possessive form of “daughter” — a female human offspring

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

precise; explicit and clearly defined

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a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

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at any time

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the feelings expressed on a person's face

From this reading Clare glanced at her mother, smiling innocently and half mechanically, without much definite expression, and quite without curiosity.

opinion or judgment

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a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature

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the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

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the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

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plural of “find” — a productive insight

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intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

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the finger next to the thumb

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of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)

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showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

throw a glance at; take a brief look at

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past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at

From this reading Clare glanced at her mother, smiling innocently and half mechanically, without much definite expression, and quite without curiosity.

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

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consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

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the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

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filled or abounding with fog or mist

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occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

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inflected form of “hem” — fold over and sew together to provide with a hem

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belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

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plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

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inside something, or within a place, period, or state

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in a not unlawful manner

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the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

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conformity or harmony

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a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

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perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

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engage in

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a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism

From this reading Clare glanced at her mother, smiling innocently and half mechanically, without much definite expression, and quite without curiosity.

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading Clare glanced at her mother, smiling innocently and half mechanically, without much definite expression, and quite without curiosity.

a form of address for a married woman

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to a great degree or extent

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not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

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used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

and nothing more

From this reading Only the big things are clear."

not allowed to continue to bat or run

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a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

make a painting

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very light colored; highly diluted with white

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the time that has elapsed

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by chance

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a point located with respect to surface features of some region

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a word picture of a person's appearance and character

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to a degree (not used with a negative)

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interpret something that is written or printed

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being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

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a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

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a general conscious awareness

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plural of “sentence” — a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language

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a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

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the act of closing something

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a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement

From this reading Clare glanced at her mother, smiling innocently and half mechanically, without much definite expression, and quite without curiosity.

having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities

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for that reason; with the result that

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on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

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a male human offspring

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a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

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toward the south

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not in physical motion

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marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations

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-ing form of “suspect” — imagine to be the case or true or probable

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an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

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the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading "When one wants to read it, one finds ever so many words which one cannot understand, and one has to look them out in a sort of unfamiliar dictionary, and try to make sense of the sentences as best one can.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Youth can be in sympathy with age, while not understanding it, while not suspecting, perhaps, that there is anything to understand beyond the streaked hair and the pale glance and the little torture-lines which paint the portrait of fifty years for the eyes of twenty.

Having little thickness or extent.

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading Only the big things are clear."

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Youth can be in sympathy with age, while not understanding it, while not suspecting, perhaps, that there is anything to understand beyond the streaked hair and the pale glance and the little torture-lines which paint the portrait of fifty years for the eyes of twenty.

in the direction of

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

make an effort or attempt

From this reading "When one wants to read it, one finds ever so many words which one cannot understand, and one has to look them out in a sort of unfamiliar dictionary, and try to make sense of the sentences as best one can.

moved around an axis or center

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one

From this reading Youth can be in sympathy with age, while not understanding it, while not suspecting, perhaps, that there is anything to understand beyond the streaked hair and the pale glance and the little torture-lines which paint the portrait of fifty years for the eyes of twenty.

know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

From this reading "When one wants to read it, one finds ever so many words which one cannot understand, and one has to look them out in a sort of unfamiliar dictionary, and try to make sense of the sentences as best one can.

the cognitive condition of someone who understands

From this reading Youth can be in sympathy with age, while not understanding it, while not suspecting, perhaps, that there is anything to understand beyond the streaked hair and the pale glance and the little torture-lines which paint the portrait of fifty years for the eyes of twenty.

not known or well known

From this reading "When one wants to read it, one finds ever so many words which one cannot understand, and one has to look them out in a sort of unfamiliar dictionary, and try to make sense of the sentences as best one can.

plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty

From this reading "When one wants to read it, one finds ever so many words which one cannot understand, and one has to look them out in a sort of unfamiliar dictionary, and try to make sense of the sentences as best one can.

at the time that

From this reading "When one wants to read it, one finds ever so many words which one cannot understand, and one has to look them out in a sort of unfamiliar dictionary, and try to make sense of the sentences as best one can.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading "When one wants to read it, one finds ever so many words which one cannot understand, and one has to look them out in a sort of unfamiliar dictionary, and try to make sense of the sentences as best one can.

during the time that

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Clare glanced at her mother, smiling innocently and half mechanically, without much definite expression, and quite without curiosity.

the words that are spoken

From this reading "When one wants to read it, one finds ever so many words which one cannot understand, and one has to look them out in a sort of unfamiliar dictionary, and try to make sense of the sentences as best one can.

buildings for carrying on industrial labor

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

a late time of life

From this reading Youth can be in sympathy with age, while not understanding it, while not suspecting, perhaps, that there is anything to understand beyond the streaked hair and the pale glance and the little torture-lines which paint the portrait of fifty years for the eyes of twenty.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading The Complete Works of F. Marion Crawford P. F. Collier & Son New York "I sometimes think that one's past life is written in a foreign language," said Mrs. Bowring, shutting the book she held, but keeping the place with one smooth, thin forefinger, while her still, blue eyes turned from her daughter's face towards the hazy hills that hemmed the sea thirty miles to the southward.

a young person (especially a young man or boy)

From this reading Youth can be in sympathy with age, while not understanding it, while not suspecting, perhaps, that there is anything to understand beyond the streaked hair and the pale glance and the little torture-lines which paint the portrait of fifty years for the eyes of twenty.