used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading From the packet which was brought to him about nine o’clock fell out a scented note.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading From the packet which was brought to him about nine o’clock fell out a scented note.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading For yesterday I was your prisoner, But now the night I am set free.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HAPPY REUNION OF TWO KINSMEN “Come through, come through, Lieutenant Gordon Come through and drink some wine wi’ me!
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
Archie
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From this reading —_Archie o’ Cawfield_.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
beliedverbUS /bɪˈlaɪd/
past form of “belie” — be in contradiction with
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading From the packet which was brought to him about nine o’clock fell out a scented note.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading For yesterday I was your prisoner, But now the night I am set free.”
Cawfield
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From this reading —_Archie o’ Cawfield_.
closingnounUS /ˈkloʊzɪŋ/
the act of closing something
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading HAPPY REUNION OF TWO KINSMEN “Come through, come through, Lieutenant Gordon Come through and drink some wine wi’ me!
consumedverbUS /kənˈsuːmd/
past form of “consume” — eat up completely, as with great appetite
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
d'Espaze
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From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
desnounUS /des/
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
take in liquids
From this reading HAPPY REUNION OF TWO KINSMEN “Come through, come through, Lieutenant Gordon Come through and drink some wine wi’ me!
Etats-Généraux
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From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading From the packet which was brought to him about nine o’clock fell out a scented note.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For yesterday I was your prisoner, But now the night I am set free.”
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading For yesterday I was your prisoner, But now the night I am set free.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the packet which was brought to him about nine o’clock fell out a scented note.
GilbertnounUS /ˈɡɪlbərt/
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
Gordon
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From this reading HAPPY REUNION OF TWO KINSMEN “Come through, come through, Lieutenant Gordon Come through and drink some wine wi’ me!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading HAPPY REUNION OF TWO KINSMEN “Come through, come through, Lieutenant Gordon Come through and drink some wine wi’ me!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading From the packet which was brought to him about nine o’clock fell out a scented note.
Hôtel
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From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For yesterday I was your prisoner, But now the night I am set free.”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
KINSMEN
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From this reading HAPPY REUNION OF TWO KINSMEN “Come through, come through, Lieutenant Gordon Come through and drink some wine wi’ me!
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
a commissioned military officer
From this reading HAPPY REUNION OF TWO KINSMEN “Come through, come through, Lieutenant Gordon Come through and drink some wine wi’ me!
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 long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading HAPPY REUNION OF TWO KINSMEN “Come through, come through, Lieutenant Gordon Come through and drink some wine wi’ me!
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading For yesterday I was your prisoner, But now the night I am set free.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading From the packet which was brought to him about nine o’clock fell out a scented note.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
a brief written record
From this reading From the packet which was brought to him about nine o’clock fell out a scented note.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading For yesterday I was your prisoner, But now the night I am set free.”
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading —_Archie o’ Cawfield_.
o'clockadverbUS /əˈklɑːk/
according to the clock
From this reading From the packet which was brought to him about nine o’clock fell out a scented note.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HAPPY REUNION OF TWO KINSMEN “Come through, come through, Lieutenant Gordon Come through and drink some wine wi’ me!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading From the packet which was brought to him about nine o’clock fell out a scented note.
packetnounUS /ˈpækət/
a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
From this reading From the packet which was brought to him about nine o’clock fell out a scented note.
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading For yesterday I was your prisoner, But now the night I am set free.”
REUNIONnounUS /riˈuːnjən/
a party of former associates who have come together again
From this reading HAPPY REUNION OF TWO KINSMEN “Come through, come through, Lieutenant Gordon Come through and drink some wine wi’ me!
scentedadjectiveUS /ˈsentɪd/
having the sense of smell
From this reading From the packet which was brought to him about nine o’clock fell out a scented note.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading For yesterday I was your prisoner, But now the night I am set free.”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading HAPPY REUNION OF TWO KINSMEN “Come through, come through, Lieutenant Gordon Come through and drink some wine wi’ me!
suspensenounUS /səˈspens/
apprehension about what is going to happen
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For yesterday I was your prisoner, But now the night I am set free.”
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading HAPPY REUNION OF TWO KINSMEN “Come through, come through, Lieutenant Gordon Come through and drink some wine wi’ me!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading From the packet which was brought to him about nine o’clock fell out a scented note.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading HAPPY REUNION OF TWO KINSMEN “Come through, come through, Lieutenant Gordon Come through and drink some wine wi’ me!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For yesterday I was your prisoner, But now the night I am set free.”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading From the packet which was brought to him about nine o’clock fell out a scented note.
winoun
a midwestern state in north central United States
From this reading HAPPY REUNION OF TWO KINSMEN “Come through, come through, Lieutenant Gordon Come through and drink some wine wi’ me!
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading HAPPY REUNION OF TWO KINSMEN “Come through, come through, Lieutenant Gordon Come through and drink some wine wi’ me!
in the company of; together with
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading The long day of suspense was closing into evening before Gilbert, consumed with anxiety at the Hôtel des Etats-Généraux, knew that Madame d’Espaze had not belied her word.
the day immediately before today
From this reading For yesterday I was your prisoner, But now the night I am set free.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading For yesterday I was your prisoner, But now the night I am set free.”
