used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading DEAREST MUFFIN,--_London is a_ much _larger place than Slocum Magna, but I don’t think it is nearly so nice.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
Araminta
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From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading DEAREST MUFFIN,--_London is a_ much _larger place than Slocum Magna, but I don’t think it is nearly so nice.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
copiedverbUS /ˈkɑːpid/
inflected form of “copy” — copy down as is
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading DEAREST MUFFIN,--_London is a_ much _larger place than Slocum Magna, but I don’t think it is nearly so nice.
DevonnounUS /ˈdevən/
a county in southwestern England
From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
don't
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From this reading DEAREST MUFFIN,--_London is a_ much _larger place than Slocum Magna, but I don’t think it is nearly so nice.
Dorset
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From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
FirstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
frocknounUS /frɑːk/
a long, loose outer garment
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
Gainsboroughnoun
English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788)
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
Grandmamma
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From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading DEAREST MUFFIN,--_London is a_ much _larger place than Slocum Magna, but I don’t think it is nearly so nice.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading DEAREST MUFFIN,--_London is a_ much _larger place than Slocum Magna, but I don’t think it is nearly so nice.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading DEAREST MUFFIN,--_London is a_ much _larger place than Slocum Magna, but I don’t think it is nearly so nice.
JIM
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From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
large or big relative to something else
From this reading DEAREST MUFFIN,--_London is a_ much _larger place than Slocum Magna, but I don’t think it is nearly so nice.
LASCELLES
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From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
lilacnounUS /ˈlaɪlæk/
any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading Madame Pelissier made my frock.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
Magna
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From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
very unhappy; full of misery
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading DEAREST MUFFIN,--_London is a_ much _larger place than Slocum Magna, but I don’t think it is nearly so nice.
MUFFINnounUS /ˈmʌfən/
a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan
From this reading DEAREST MUFFIN,--_London is a_ much _larger place than Slocum Magna, but I don’t think it is nearly so nice.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading DEAREST MUFFIN,--_London is a_ much _larger place than Slocum Magna, but I don’t think it is nearly so nice.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading DEAREST MUFFIN,--_London is a_ much _larger place than Slocum Magna, but I don’t think it is nearly so nice.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
painternounUS /ˈpeɪntər/
an artist who paints
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
ParsonagenounUS /ˈpɑːrsənɪdʒ/
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
Pelissier
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From this reading Madame Pelissier made my frock.
PerrynounUS /ˈperi/
United States philosopher (1876-1957)
From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading DEAREST MUFFIN,--_London is a_ much _larger place than Slocum Magna, but I don’t think it is nearly so nice.
Slocum
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From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading DEAREST MUFFIN,--_London is a_ much _larger place than Slocum Magna, but I don’t think it is nearly so nice.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
express in words
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading DEAREST MUFFIN,--_London is a_ much _larger place than Slocum Magna, but I don’t think it is nearly so nice.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is a lilac one, and has been copied from a famous picture of Great Grandmamma Dorset by a painter named Gainsborough--I mean that Gainsborough copied Great Grandmamma Dorset, not that he made my frock.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading DEAREST MUFFIN,--_London is a_ much _larger place than Slocum Magna, but I don’t think it is nearly so nice.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
Tobias
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From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
precisely as stated
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading JIM LASCELLES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE Miss Araminta Perry, Hill Street, London, W., _to_ Miss Elizabeth Perry, The Parsonage, Slocum Magna, North Devon.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I think if I had not got Tobias with me, sometimes I might be very miserable._ _First I must tell you about my new frock.
