used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "To John P. Gilmore, Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.A.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading "I am dying now, alone in Paris, far from my beloved country; unjustly degraded, dishonoured and defamed.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am dying now, alone in Paris, far from my beloved country; unjustly degraded, dishonoured and defamed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This letter and its enclosure will not be despatched until the grave has closed over me.
any cognitive content held as true
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
dearly loved
From this reading "I am dying now, alone in Paris, far from my beloved country; unjustly degraded, dishonoured and defamed.
BROTHER-IN-LAWnounUS /ˈbrʌðərɪnlɔː/
a brother by marriage
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading "To John P. Gilmore, Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.A.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading This letter and its enclosure will not be despatched until the grave has closed over me.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading "I am dying now, alone in Paris, far from my beloved country; unjustly degraded, dishonoured and defamed.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
dearly loved
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
debtnounUS /det/
the state of owing something (especially money)
From this reading "To you I owe a debt of deep gratitude.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading "To you I owe a debt of deep gratitude.
defamedverbUS /dɪˈfeɪmd/
past form of “defame” — charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
From this reading "I am dying now, alone in Paris, far from my beloved country; unjustly degraded, dishonoured and defamed.
degradedadjectiveUS /dɪˈɡreɪdəd/
unrestrained by convention or morality
From this reading "I am dying now, alone in Paris, far from my beloved country; unjustly degraded, dishonoured and defamed.
despatched
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From this reading This letter and its enclosure will not be despatched until the grave has closed over me.
dishonoured
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From this reading "I am dying now, alone in Paris, far from my beloved country; unjustly degraded, dishonoured and defamed.
disturbverbUS /dɪˈstɜːrb/
move deeply
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
dyingadjectiveUS /ˈdaɪɪŋ/
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading "I am dying now, alone in Paris, far from my beloved country; unjustly degraded, dishonoured and defamed.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
enclosurenounUS /enˈkloʊʒər/
a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
From this reading This letter and its enclosure will not be despatched until the grave has closed over me.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading "I am dying now, alone in Paris, far from my beloved country; unjustly degraded, dishonoured and defamed.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "I am dying now, alone in Paris, far from my beloved country; unjustly degraded, dishonoured and defamed.
Gilmore
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From this reading "To John P. Gilmore, Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.A.
a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation
From this reading "To you I owe a debt of deep gratitude.
death of a person
From this reading This letter and its enclosure will not be despatched until the grave has closed over me.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This letter and its enclosure will not be despatched until the grave has closed over me.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I am dying now, alone in Paris, far from my beloved country; unjustly degraded, dishonoured and defamed.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading This letter and its enclosure will not be despatched until the grave has closed over me.
JeffersonnounUS /ˈdʒefərsən/
3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826)
From this reading "To John P. Gilmore, Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.A.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading "To John P. Gilmore, Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.A.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading This letter and its enclosure will not be despatched until the grave has closed over me.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
MissourinounUS /məˈzʊri/
a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
From this reading "To John P. Gilmore, Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.A.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
not any; not one
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading This letter and its enclosure will not be despatched until the grave has closed over me.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "I am dying now, alone in Paris, far from my beloved country; unjustly degraded, dishonoured and defamed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "To you I owe a debt of deep gratitude.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading This letter and its enclosure will not be despatched until the grave has closed over me.
be obliged to pay or repay
From this reading "To you I owe a debt of deep gratitude.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading "To John P. Gilmore, Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.A.
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading "I am dying now, alone in Paris, far from my beloved country; unjustly degraded, dishonoured and defamed.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading "To John P. Gilmore, Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.A.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This letter and its enclosure will not be despatched until the grave has closed over me.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This letter and its enclosure will not be despatched until the grave has closed over me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "To John P. Gilmore, Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.A.
UnounUS /juː/
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading "To John P. Gilmore, Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.A.
unjustlyadverbUS /ənˈdʒʌstli/
in an unjust manner
From this reading "I am dying now, alone in Paris, far from my beloved country; unjustly degraded, dishonoured and defamed.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading This letter and its enclosure will not be despatched until the grave has closed over me.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading This letter and its enclosure will not be despatched until the grave has closed over me.
a late time of life
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW,--For years you have believed me dead, and I have made no effort to disturb that belief.
