used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Really, mother, it doesn't seem as though I could stand it any longer!
any thing at all
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Really, mother, it doesn't seem as though I could stand it any longer!
completely unclothed
From this reading Our struggle is for bare existence, and there doesn't seem to be any future to it.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Our struggle is for bare existence, and there doesn't seem to be any future to it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
can't
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From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Really, mother, it doesn't seem as though I could stand it any longer!
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
doesn't
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From this reading "Really, mother, it doesn't seem as though I could stand it any longer!
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
the state or fact of existing
From this reading Our struggle is for bare existence, and there doesn't seem to be any future to it.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading IN THE FAR SOUTH.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Our struggle is for bare existence, and there doesn't seem to be any future to it.
yet to be or coming
From this reading Our struggle is for bare existence, and there doesn't seem to be any future to it.
genteeladjectiveUS /dʒenˈtiːl/
marked by refinement in taste and manners
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Really, mother, it doesn't seem as though I could stand it any longer!
I'd
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From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
I'm
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From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE FAR SOUTH.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
isn't
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From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Really, mother, it doesn't seem as though I could stand it any longer!
it's
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From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
for more time
From this reading "Really, mother, it doesn't seem as though I could stand it any longer!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Really, mother, it doesn't seem as though I could stand it any longer!
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
and nothing more
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our struggle is for bare existence, and there doesn't seem to be any future to it.
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
on the contrary
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "Really, mother, it doesn't seem as though I could stand it any longer!
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "Really, mother, it doesn't seem as though I could stand it any longer!
a thing, without saying which
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading IN THE FAR SOUTH.
be standing; be upright
From this reading "Really, mother, it doesn't seem as though I could stand it any longer!
make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading Our struggle is for bare existence, and there doesn't seem to be any future to it.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE FAR SOUTH.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Our struggle is for bare existence, and there doesn't seem to be any future to it.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "Really, mother, it doesn't seem as though I could stand it any longer!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Our struggle is for bare existence, and there doesn't seem to be any future to it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
at the time that
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading Life in this place isn't worth living, especially when it's a life of poverty, and what people call 'genteel poverty,' as ours is.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
you'd
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From this reading If you'd only let me go to New York, I'm sure I could do something there that was worth the doing, but I can't do anything here, and I'd almost rather die than live here any longer!"
