used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading --_Olive Schreiner._ Under a great tree a child was singing softly to herself:
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
anew
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CHILD AND HER OWN PEOPLE.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
arrownounUS /ˈæroʊ/
a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading The barb in the arrow of childhood’s suffering is this; its intense loneliness, its intense ignorance.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
barbnounUS /bɑːrb/
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
From this reading The barb in the arrow of childhood’s suffering is this; its intense loneliness, its intense ignorance.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Beautiful, dear, and noble old tree Bend your green branches caressing o’er me.
BendverbUS /bend/
form a curve
From this reading Beautiful, dear, and noble old tree Bend your green branches caressing o’er me.
exhale hard
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading Beautiful, dear, and noble old tree Bend your green branches caressing o’er me.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
caressingnounUS /kərˈesɪŋ/
affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
From this reading Beautiful, dear, and noble old tree Bend your green branches caressing o’er me.
a young person of either sex
From this reading THE CHILD AND HER OWN PEOPLE.
childhood's
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From this reading The barb in the arrow of childhood’s suffering is this; its intense loneliness, its intense ignorance.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
dearly loved
From this reading Beautiful, dear, and noble old tree Bend your green branches caressing o’er me.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading --_Olive Schreiner._ Under a great tree a child was singing softly to herself:
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading Beautiful, dear, and noble old tree Bend your green branches caressing o’er me.
hardestadverbUS /ˈhɑːrdəst/
superlative of “hard” — with effort or force or vigor
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE CHILD AND HER OWN PEOPLE.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading --_Olive Schreiner._ Under a great tree a child was singing softly to herself:
the lack of knowledge or education
From this reading The barb in the arrow of childhood’s suffering is this; its intense loneliness, its intense ignorance.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading The barb in the arrow of childhood’s suffering is this; its intense loneliness, its intense ignorance.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The barb in the arrow of childhood’s suffering is this; its intense loneliness, its intense ignorance.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The barb in the arrow of childhood’s suffering is this; its intense loneliness, its intense ignorance.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
lonelinessnounUS /ˈloʊnlinəs/
the state of being alone in solitary isolation
From this reading The barb in the arrow of childhood’s suffering is this; its intense loneliness, its intense ignorance.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Beautiful, dear, and noble old tree Bend your green branches caressing o’er me.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
nobleadjectiveUS /ˈnoʊbəl/
impressive in appearance
From this reading Beautiful, dear, and noble old tree Bend your green branches caressing o’er me.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
o'eradverb
throughout a period of time
From this reading Beautiful, dear, and noble old tree Bend your green branches caressing o’er me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Beautiful, dear, and noble old tree Bend your green branches caressing o’er me.
OliveadjectiveUS /ˈɑːləv/
of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
From this reading --_Olive Schreiner._ Under a great tree a child was singing softly to herself:
have ownership or possession of
From this reading THE CHILD AND HER OWN PEOPLE.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading THE CHILD AND HER OWN PEOPLE.
express in words
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
Schreiner
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From this reading --_Olive Schreiner._ Under a great tree a child was singing softly to herself:
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading --_Olive Schreiner._ Under a great tree a child was singing softly to herself:
with low volume
From this reading --_Olive Schreiner._ Under a great tree a child was singing softly to herself:
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
undergo or be subjected to
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
a state of acute pain
From this reading The barb in the arrow of childhood’s suffering is this; its intense loneliness, its intense ignorance.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CHILD AND HER OWN PEOPLE.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The barb in the arrow of childhood’s suffering is this; its intense loneliness, its intense ignorance.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading --_Olive Schreiner._ Under a great tree a child was singing softly to herself:
UnderprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading --_Olive Schreiner._ Under a great tree a child was singing softly to herself:
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading --_Olive Schreiner._ Under a great tree a child was singing softly to herself:
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
at the time that
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
which person or people
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
a late time of life
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There are some of us who in after years say to Fate, “Now deal us your hardest blow; give us what you will; but let us never again suffer as we suffered when we were children.”
