used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He was so young, so strong, so noble, so upright, such an honour to his country and to his race!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
awfuladjectiveUS /ˈɑːfəl/
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
see with attention
From this reading That Carolina felt her mother’s loss no one could doubt, but the change in the young girl wrought by her father’s death was something awful to behold.
exhale hard
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading That Carolina felt her mother’s loss no one could doubt, but the change in the young girl wrought by her father’s death was something awful to behold.
CarolinanounUS /ˌkerəˈlaɪnə/
the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina
From this reading That Carolina felt her mother’s loss no one could doubt, but the change in the young girl wrought by her father’s death was something awful to behold.
Carolina'snounUS /ˌkerəˈlaɪnəz/
possessive form of “carolina” — the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading That Carolina felt her mother’s loss no one could doubt, but the change in the young girl wrought by her father’s death was something awful to behold.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading He was so young, so strong, so noble, so upright, such an honour to his country and to his race!
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading That Carolina felt her mother’s loss no one could doubt, but the change in the young girl wrought by her father’s death was something awful to behold.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading She had not dreamed that he could die.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading That Carolina felt her mother’s loss no one could doubt, but the change in the young girl wrought by her father’s death was something awful to behold.
conceived of or imagined or hoped for
From this reading She had not dreamed that he could die.
to certain extent or degree
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
father'snounUS /ˈfɑːðərz/
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading That Carolina felt her mother’s loss no one could doubt, but the change in the young girl wrought by her father’s death was something awful to behold.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading That Carolina felt her mother’s loss no one could doubt, but the change in the young girl wrought by her father’s death was something awful to behold.
FIRSTadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
set up or found
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
a young female
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
the father of your father or mother
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had not dreamed that he could die.
heart-beats
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From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
the state of being honored
From this reading He was so young, so strong, so noble, so upright, such an honour to his country and to his race!
illnessnounUS /ˈɪlnəs/
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
and nothing more
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
immediately past
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
something that is lost
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
joined in matrimony
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
mother'snounUS /ˈmʌðərz/
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading That Carolina felt her mother’s loss no one could doubt, but the change in the young girl wrought by her father’s death was something awful to behold.
not any; not one
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
nobleadjectiveUS /ˈnoʊbəl/
impressive in appearance
From this reading He was so young, so strong, so noble, so upright, such an honour to his country and to his race!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had not dreamed that he could die.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading That Carolina felt her mother’s loss no one could doubt, but the change in the young girl wrought by her father’s death was something awful to behold.
orphanedadjectiveUS /ˈɔːrfənd/
deprived of parents by death or desertion
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
prepareverbUS /priˈper/
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
just preceding something else in time or order
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
any competition
From this reading He was so young, so strong, so noble, so upright, such an honour to his country and to his race!
be fully aware or cognizant of
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
ShermannounUS /ˈʃɜːrmən/
United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891)
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading That Carolina felt her mother’s loss no one could doubt, but the change in the young girl wrought by her father’s death was something awful to behold.
fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading He was so young, so strong, so noble, so upright, such an honour to his country and to his race!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He was so young, so strong, so noble, so upright, such an honour to his country and to his race!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That Carolina felt her mother’s loss no one could doubt, but the change in the young girl wrought by her father’s death was something awful to behold.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
uprightadjectiveUS /əˈpraɪt/
in a vertical position; not sloping
From this reading He was so young, so strong, so noble, so upright, such an honour to his country and to his race!
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That Carolina felt her mother’s loss no one could doubt, but the change in the young girl wrought by her father’s death was something awful to behold.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE FIRST GRIEF Then, with no illness to prepare her for so awful a blow, with nothing but a stopping of the heart-beats, Carolina’s father fell into his last, long sleep, and before she could fairly realize her loss, her mother followed him.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
wroughtadjectiveUS /rɔːt/
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading That Carolina felt her mother’s loss no one could doubt, but the change in the young girl wrought by her father’s death was something awful to behold.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading Within six weeks, the girl found herself orphaned and mistress of the great Lee fortune, but utterly alone in the world, for her grandfather had died the year previous and Sherman had just married and gone back to America.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading That Carolina felt her mother’s loss no one could doubt, but the change in the young girl wrought by her father’s death was something awful to behold.
