Chapter IX · Chapter 9

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

From this reading She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

(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 She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading Mademoiselle Angela was the daughter of Monsieur Monetti, the chimney doctor, of whom we have already had occasion to speak.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading This relative was an old lady who had never been young apparently--certainly never handsome, but had always been very ill-natured, although--or perhaps because--very superstitious.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading This relative was an old lady who had never been young apparently--certainly never handsome, but had always been very ill-natured, although--or perhaps because--very superstitious.

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

From this reading This relative was an old lady who had never been young apparently--certainly never handsome, but had always been very ill-natured, although--or perhaps because--very superstitious.

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

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

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From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

from appearances alone

From this reading This relative was an old lady who had never been young apparently--certainly never handsome, but had always been very ill-natured, although--or perhaps because--very superstitious.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Angela, who at her departure was a charming child, and promised to be a charming girl, came back at the end of the five years a pretty enough young lady, but cold, dry, and uninteresting.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Angela, who at her departure was a charming child, and promised to be a charming girl, came back at the end of the five years a pretty enough young lady, but cold, dry, and uninteresting.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Angela, who at her departure was a charming child, and promised to be a charming girl, came back at the end of the five years a pretty enough young lady, but cold, dry, and uninteresting.

have

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

for the reason that

From this reading This relative was an old lady who had never been young apparently--certainly never handsome, but had always been very ill-natured, although--or perhaps because--very superstitious.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading This relative was an old lady who had never been young apparently--certainly never handsome, but had always been very ill-natured, although--or perhaps because--very superstitious.

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines

From this reading She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading This relative was an old lady who had never been young apparently--certainly never handsome, but had always been very ill-natured, although--or perhaps because--very superstitious.

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

From this reading Angela, who at her departure was a charming child, and promised to be a charming girl, came back at the end of the five years a pretty enough young lady, but cold, dry, and uninteresting.

definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)

From this reading This relative was an old lady who had never been young apparently--certainly never handsome, but had always been very ill-natured, although--or perhaps because--very superstitious.

pleasing or delighting

From this reading Angela, who at her departure was a charming child, and promised to be a charming girl, came back at the end of the five years a pretty enough young lady, but cold, dry, and uninteresting.

a young person of either sex

From this reading Angela, who at her departure was a charming child, and promised to be a charming girl, came back at the end of the five years a pretty enough young lady, but cold, dry, and uninteresting.

a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building

From this reading Mademoiselle Angela was the daughter of Monsieur Monetti, the chimney doctor, of whom we have already had occasion to speak.

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading Angela, who at her departure was a charming child, and promised to be a charming girl, came back at the end of the five years a pretty enough young lady, but cold, dry, and uninteresting.

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

From this reading She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

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From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

the child of your aunt or uncle

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

a female human offspring

From this reading Mademoiselle Angela was the daughter of Monsieur Monetti, the chimney doctor, of whom we have already had occasion to speak.

plural of “degree” — a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

the act of departing

From this reading Angela, who at her departure was a charming child, and promised to be a charming girl, came back at the end of the five years a pretty enough young lady, but cold, dry, and uninteresting.

a licensed medical practitioner

From this reading Mademoiselle Angela was the daughter of Monsieur Monetti, the chimney doctor, of whom we have already had occasion to speak.

free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet

From this reading Angela, who at her departure was a charming child, and promised to be a charming girl, came back at the end of the five years a pretty enough young lady, but cold, dry, and uninteresting.

being one more than seventeen

From this reading She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading Angela, who at her departure was a charming child, and promised to be a charming girl, came back at the end of the five years a pretty enough young lady, but cold, dry, and uninteresting.

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

From this reading Angela, who at her departure was a charming child, and promised to be a charming girl, came back at the end of the five years a pretty enough young lady, but cold, dry, and uninteresting.

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

a young female

From this reading Angela, who at her departure was a charming child, and promised to be a charming girl, came back at the end of the five years a pretty enough young lady, but cold, dry, and uninteresting.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Mademoiselle Angela was the daughter of Monsieur Monetti, the chimney doctor, of whom we have already had occasion to speak.

pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

From this reading This relative was an old lady who had never been young apparently--certainly never handsome, but had always been very ill-natured, although--or perhaps because--very superstitious.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Mademoiselle Angela was the daughter of Monsieur Monetti, the chimney doctor, of whom we have already had occasion to speak.

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

From this reading She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

From this reading This relative was an old lady who had never been young apparently--certainly never handsome, but had always been very ill-natured, although--or perhaps because--very superstitious.

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

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

and nothing more

From this reading She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading This relative was an old lady who had never been young apparently--certainly never handsome, but had always been very ill-natured, although--or perhaps because--very superstitious.

go away from a place

From this reading She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico

From this reading Mademoiselle Angela was the daughter of Monsieur Monetti, the chimney doctor, of whom we have already had occasion to speak.

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From this reading Mademoiselle Angela was the daughter of Monsieur Monetti, the chimney doctor, of whom we have already had occasion to speak.

used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”

From this reading Mademoiselle Angela was the daughter of Monsieur Monetti, the chimney doctor, of whom we have already had occasion to speak.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading This relative was an old lady who had never been young apparently--certainly never handsome, but had always been very ill-natured, although--or perhaps because--very superstitious.

an event that occurs at a critical time

From this reading Mademoiselle Angela was the daughter of Monsieur Monetti, the chimney doctor, of whom we have already had occasion to speak.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Mademoiselle Angela was the daughter of Monsieur Monetti, the chimney doctor, of whom we have already had occasion to speak.

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

From this reading She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading This relative was an old lady who had never been young apparently--certainly never handsome, but had always been very ill-natured, although--or perhaps because--very superstitious.

by chance

From this reading This relative was an old lady who had never been young apparently--certainly never handsome, but had always been very ill-natured, although--or perhaps because--very superstitious.

a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

From this reading Angela, who at her departure was a charming child, and promised to be a charming girl, came back at the end of the five years a pretty enough young lady, but cold, dry, and uninteresting.

past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment

From this reading Angela, who at her departure was a charming child, and promised to be a charming girl, came back at the end of the five years a pretty enough young lady, but cold, dry, and uninteresting.

something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

From this reading She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

a person related by blood or marriage

From this reading She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

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

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

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

From this reading She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

express in speech

From this reading Mademoiselle Angela was the daughter of Monsieur Monetti, the chimney doctor, of whom we have already had occasion to speak.

showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance

From this reading This relative was an old lady who had never been young apparently--certainly never handsome, but had always been very ill-natured, although--or perhaps because--very superstitious.

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

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

measuring instrument for measuring temperature

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

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

From this reading Mademoiselle Angela was the daughter of Monsieur Monetti, the chimney doctor, of whom we have already had occasion to speak.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement

From this reading Angela, who at her departure was a charming child, and promised to be a charming girl, came back at the end of the five years a pretty enough young lady, but cold, dry, and uninteresting.

precisely as stated

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

plural of “violet” — any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Mademoiselle Angela was the daughter of Monsieur Monetti, the chimney doctor, of whom we have already had occasion to speak.

in or at the place that

From this reading She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

a Caucasian

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

which person or people

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Mademoiselle Angela was the daughter of Monsieur Monetti, the chimney doctor, of whom we have already had occasion to speak.

in the company of; together with

From this reading THE WHITE VIOLETS About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point.

a late time of life

From this reading She was eighteen years old, and had just come from Burgundy, where she lived five years with a relative who was to leave her all her property.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading This relative was an old lady who had never been young apparently--certainly never handsome, but had always been very ill-natured, although--or perhaps because--very superstitious.