Chapter XXVII

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

From this reading “How the years go over us; Winnie, you’ve been a long time with me now—ha, ha, a long time.

(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 MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading “Long shadows already!” and she glanced at her broad old gold watch.

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

a deep yellow color

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

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

From this reading “Long shadows already!” and she glanced at her broad old gold watch.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

past form of “answer” — react verbally

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading “Long shadows already!” and she glanced at her broad old gold watch.

the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “How the years go over us; Winnie, you’ve been a long time with me now—ha, ha, a long time.

the two together, not just one

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading “Long shadows already!” and she glanced at her broad old gold watch.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

without stop or interruption

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

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From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

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

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

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

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

plural of “evening” — the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

a person who lacks good judgment

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

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

From this reading “Long shadows already!” and she glanced at her broad old gold watch.

a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading “How the years go over us; Winnie, you’ve been a long time with me now—ha, ha, a long time.

coins made of gold

From this reading “Long shadows already!” and she glanced at her broad old gold watch.

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

(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 MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day

From this reading “How the years go over us; Winnie, you’ve been a long time with me now—ha, ha, a long time.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

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

From this reading “Long shadows already!” and she glanced at her broad old gold watch.

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From this reading “How the years go over us; Winnie, you’ve been a long time with me now—ha, ha, a long time.

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

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

an iconic mental representation

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

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

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

make a break in

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

plural of “lamb” — young sheep

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading “Long shadows already!” and she glanced at her broad old gold watch.

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “How the years go over us; Winnie, you’ve been a long time with me now—ha, ha, a long time.

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

not one and not the other of two

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

having branches or flower heads that bend downward

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading “How the years go over us; Winnie, you’ve been a long time with me now—ha, ha, a long time.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading “Long shadows already!” and she glanced at her broad old gold watch.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

above and across; more than

From this reading “How the years go over us; Winnie, you’ve been a long time with me now—ha, ha, a long time.

the act of departing politely

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

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

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

by chance

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

plural of “shadow” — shade within clear boundaries

From this reading “Long shadows already!” and she glanced at her broad old gold watch.

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

From this reading “Long shadows already!” and she glanced at her broad old gold watch.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

having an oblique or slanted direction

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

in the near future

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

the rays of the sun

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

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

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading “How the years go over us; Winnie, you’ve been a long time with me now—ha, ha, a long time.

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

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading MISS PERFECT’S TOILET “Short the evenings growing,” said Aunt Dinah, looking out upon the slanting amber sunlight, that made the landscape all so golden.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “How the years go over us; Winnie, you’ve been a long time with me now—ha, ha, a long time.

precisely as stated

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

look attentively

From this reading “Long shadows already!” and she glanced at her broad old gold watch.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

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

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

at the time that

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

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

From this reading “How the years go over us; Winnie, you’ve been a long time with me now—ha, ha, a long time.

in the company of; together with

From this reading “How the years go over us; Winnie, you’ve been a long time with me now—ha, ha, a long time.

not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth

From this reading “We were not altogether wrong in that, perhaps, old Dobbs—don’t interrupt me—but, though we were neither lambs nor Solomons, we answered one another.

a late time of life

From this reading “How the years go over us; Winnie, you’ve been a long time with me now—ha, ha, a long time.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading When first you came to me, you thought me such a shrew, and I thought you such a fool, that we both thought a parting must very soon come of it—an old termagant and an old goose,” continued Miss Perfect, nodding her head at her image in the glass.

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

From this reading “How the years go over us; Winnie, you’ve been a long time with me now—ha, ha, a long time.