used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
commonly used or practiced; usual
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
Arnott
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From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As we grew older we continued warm friends.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I soon found that the separation was to be much greater.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
childhoodnounUS /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/
the time of person's life when they are a child
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
without stop or interruption
From this reading As we grew older we continued warm friends.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
wanted intensely
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
set up or found
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading As we grew older we continued warm friends.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
greater in size or importance or degree
From this reading I soon found that the separation was to be much greater.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading As we grew older we continued warm friends.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
joined in matrimony
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
come together
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
a form of address for a man
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
olderadjectiveUS /ˈoʊldər/
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading As we grew older we continued warm friends.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
playmatesnounUS /ˈpleɪmeɪts/
plural of “playmate” — a companion at play
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
prospectsnounUS /ˈprɑːspekts/
plural of “prospect” — the possibility of future success
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
rejoicedverbUS /rɪˈdʒɔɪst/
past form of “rejoice” — feel happiness or joy
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
separationnounUS /ˌsepərˈeɪʃən/
the state of lacking unity
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
in the near future
From this reading I soon found that the separation was to be much greater.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE VISIT.
a special situation
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading THE VISIT.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading As we grew older we continued warm friends.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
at the time that
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
which person or people
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading When she married, I rejoiced in her happy prospects, and found but one thing in Mr. Arnott I would have desired to change--he lived thirty miles from me, and this was felt as a wide separation between friends who had been accustomed to meet every day.
but in spite of that
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
From this reading Mrs. Arnott was younger than I, yet not so much younger but that we had been playmates in childhood.
