used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
alarmingadjectiveUS /əˈlɑːrmɪŋ/
frightening because of an awareness of danger
From this reading All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
(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 But though she made all haste to get down to the Harrows’, the girl wasn’t, as heretofore, all eagerness.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading For she had to ask Mrs. Harrow if she would be willing to call to see Mr. Meadowcroft.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
attackedverbUS /əˈtækt/
past form of “attack” — launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For she had to ask Mrs. Harrow if she would be willing to call to see Mr. Meadowcroft.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
Betty
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From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
Betty's
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From this reading All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading For she had to ask Mrs. Harrow if she would be willing to call to see Mr. Meadowcroft.
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 All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
conscientiousadjectiveUS /ˌkɑːnʃiˈenʃəs/
characterized by extreme care and great effort
From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
deem to be
From this reading All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading But though she made all haste to get down to the Harrows’, the girl wasn’t, as heretofore, all eagerness.
eagernessnounUS /ˈiːɡərnəs/
a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
From this reading But though she made all haste to get down to the Harrows’, the girl wasn’t, as heretofore, all eagerness.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For she had to ask Mrs. Harrow if she would be willing to call to see Mr. Meadowcroft.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading But though she made all haste to get down to the Harrows’, the girl wasn’t, as heretofore, all eagerness.
a young female
From this reading But though she made all haste to get down to the Harrows’, the girl wasn’t, as heretofore, all eagerness.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
HarrowverbUS /ˈhæroʊ/
draw a harrow over
From this reading For she had to ask Mrs. Harrow if she would be willing to call to see Mr. Meadowcroft.
Harrows
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From this reading But though she made all haste to get down to the Harrows’, the girl wasn’t, as heretofore, all eagerness.
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading But though she made all haste to get down to the Harrows’, the girl wasn’t, as heretofore, all eagerness.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
heretoforeadverbUS /ˌhɪrtəˈfɔːr/
used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
From this reading But though she made all haste to get down to the Harrows’, the girl wasn’t, as heretofore, all eagerness.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading For she had to ask Mrs. Harrow if she would be willing to call to see Mr. Meadowcroft.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
a unit of instruction
From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading But though she made all haste to get down to the Harrows’, the girl wasn’t, as heretofore, all eagerness.
march in a procession
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
Meadowcroft
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From this reading For she had to ask Mrs. Harrow if she would be willing to call to see Mr. Meadowcroft.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
a form of address for a man
From this reading For she had to ask Mrs. Harrow if she would be willing to call to see Mr. Meadowcroft.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading For she had to ask Mrs. Harrow if she would be willing to call to see Mr. Meadowcroft.
the condition of being essential or indispensable
From this reading All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
on one occasion
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
Pogany
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From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
practisedadjectiveUS /ˈpræktɪst/
skillful after much practice
From this reading All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
practising
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From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
(usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point
From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
SARAHnounUS /ˈserə/
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading For she had to ask Mrs. Harrow if she would be willing to call to see Mr. Meadowcroft.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
stoolnounUS /stuːl/
a simple seat without a back or arms
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
vaguelyadverbUS /ˈveɪɡli/
in a vague way
From this reading All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
past form of “venture” — proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
vigorouslyadverbUS /ˈvɪɡərəsli/
with vigor; in a vigorous manner
From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
wasn't
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From this reading But though she made all haste to get down to the Harrows’, the girl wasn’t, as heretofore, all eagerness.
weeklynounUS /ˈwiːkli/
a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)
From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
weighedverbUS /weɪd/
past form of “weigh” — have a certain weight
From this reading All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
at the time that
From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading All the while she had practised, that alarming necessity had weighed vaguely upon her mind, and now that she was free to consider it, Betty’s heart grew cold.
disposed or inclined toward
From this reading For she had to ask Mrs. Harrow if she would be willing to call to see Mr. Meadowcroft.
in the company of; together with
From this reading AUNT SARAH was out, but Betty attacked her practising vigorously and with conscientious regard to her weekly lesson.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading For she had to ask Mrs. Harrow if she would be willing to call to see Mr. Meadowcroft.
wouldn't
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From this reading Nevertheless though she was in the middle of a march when her time was up, she rose from the stool at once, as she wouldn’t have ventured to do had Miss Pogany been about.
