used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
(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 Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As I look back upon those make-believe days, naughty recollections spring up as fast as dust in August.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading As I look back upon those make-believe days, naughty recollections spring up as fast as dust in August.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading As I look back upon those make-believe days, naughty recollections spring up as fast as dust in August.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading THE BLUE PARASOL.
bronzenounUS /brɑːnz/
an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
bronzesnounUS /ˈbrɑːnzəz/
plural of “bronze” — an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
consoleverbUS /ˈkɑːnsoʊl/
give moral or emotional strength to
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading As I look back upon those make-believe days, naughty recollections spring up as fast as dust in August.
dearly loved
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
dearlyadverbUS /ˈdɪrli/
in a sincere and heartfelt manner
From this reading I loved dearly to tease her.
remove the dust from
From this reading As I look back upon those make-believe days, naughty recollections spring up as fast as dust in August.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading As I look back upon those make-believe days, naughty recollections spring up as fast as dust in August.
Fel
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From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As I look back upon those make-believe days, naughty recollections spring up as fast as dust in August.
I'd
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From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As I look back upon those make-believe days, naughty recollections spring up as fast as dust in August.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
lilynounUS /ˈlɪli/
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading As I look back upon those make-believe days, naughty recollections spring up as fast as dust in August.
held dear
From this reading I loved dearly to tease her.
make-believenoun
imaginative intellectual play
From this reading As I look back upon those make-believe days, naughty recollections spring up as fast as dust in August.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
naughtyadjectiveUS /ˈnɔːti/
suggestive of sexual impropriety
From this reading As I look back upon those make-believe days, naughty recollections spring up as fast as dust in August.
not any; not one
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
not one, and not any
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
on one occasion
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
PARASOLnoun
a handheld collapsible source of shade
From this reading THE BLUE PARASOL.
pricklyadjectiveUS /ˈprɪkli/
very irritable
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
on the contrary
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
recollectionsnounUS /ˌrekəˈlekʃənz/
plural of “recollection” — the ability to recall past occurrences
From this reading As I look back upon those make-believe days, naughty recollections spring up as fast as dust in August.
Ruphelle
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From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
rustyadjectiveUS /ˈrʌsti/
covered with or consisting of rust
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
a particular situation
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
the season of growth
From this reading As I look back upon those make-believe days, naughty recollections spring up as fast as dust in August.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
teaseverbUS /tiːz/
annoy persistently
From this reading I loved dearly to tease her.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BLUE PARASOL.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
thistlenounUS /ˈθɪsəl/
any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading As I look back upon those make-believe days, naughty recollections spring up as fast as dust in August.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
two times
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading As I look back upon those make-believe days, naughty recollections spring up as fast as dust in August.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading As I look back upon those make-believe days, naughty recollections spring up as fast as dust in August.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Once she had some bronze shoes, and I wanted some too, but there were none to be had in town, and to console myself, I said to dear little Fel, "I'd twice rather have black shoes, bronzes look so rusty; O, my!
a Caucasian
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ruphelle seems to me like a little white lily of the valley, all pure and sweet, but I was no more fit to be with her than a prickly thistle.
