used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading When Skelton’s arrival was known it made a tremendous sensation.
Ah
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From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
at or in the front
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At thirty-five she was still girlish-looking, and her dark eyes were as bright as ever.
apprehensionnounUS /ˌæprɪˈhenʃən/
fearful expectation or anticipation
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
accomplishment of an objective
From this reading When Skelton’s arrival was known it made a tremendous sensation.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At thirty-five she was still girlish-looking, and her dark eyes were as bright as ever.
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At thirty-five she was still girlish-looking, and her dark eyes were as bright as ever.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Mrs. Blair turned a beautiful rosy red when Blair brought the news home.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
BlairnounUS /bler/
British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)
From this reading Mrs. Blair turned a beautiful rosy red when Blair brought the news home.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading At thirty-five she was still girlish-looking, and her dark eyes were as bright as ever.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Mrs. Blair turned a beautiful rosy red when Blair brought the news home.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
damme
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From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
absence of light or illumination
From this reading At thirty-five she was still girlish-looking, and her dark eyes were as bright as ever.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
divisible by two
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
at any time
From this reading At thirty-five she was still girlish-looking, and her dark eyes were as bright as ever.
opinion or judgment
From this reading At thirty-five she was still girlish-looking, and her dark eyes were as bright as ever.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
forgivenverbUS /fərˈɡɪvən/
inflected form of “forgive” — stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (“full” in this sense is used as a combining form)
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
a young female
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
girlish-looking
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From this reading At thirty-five she was still girlish-looking, and her dark eyes were as bright as ever.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading At thirty-five she was still girlish-looking, and her dark eyes were as bright as ever.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Mrs. Blair turned a beautiful rosy red when Blair brought the news home.
I'd
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From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When Skelton’s arrival was known it made a tremendous sensation.
justifiedadjectiveUS /ˈdʒʌstəfaɪd/
having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading When Skelton’s arrival was known it made a tremendous sensation.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
full of life and energy
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
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 “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading When Skelton’s arrival was known it made a tremendous sensation.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
make reference to
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
being nothing more than specified
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
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 Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Blair turned a beautiful rosy red when Blair brought the news home.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
information about recent and important events
From this reading Mrs. Blair turned a beautiful rosy red when Blair brought the news home.
an event that occurs at a critical time
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
offhandadjectiveUS /ˈɔːfˈhænd/
with little or no preparation or forethought
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Mrs. Blair turned a beautiful rosy red when Blair brought the news home.
rosyadjectiveUS /ˈroʊzi/
reflecting optimism
From this reading Mrs. Blair turned a beautiful rosy red when Blair brought the news home.
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
From this reading When Skelton’s arrival was known it made a tremendous sensation.
Shapleigh
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From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At thirty-five she was still girlish-looking, and her dark eyes were as bright as ever.
Skelton
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From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
Skelton's
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From this reading When Skelton’s arrival was known it made a tremendous sensation.
not in physical motion
From this reading At thirty-five she was still girlish-looking, and her dark eyes were as bright as ever.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
Sylvia
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From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mrs. Blair turned a beautiful rosy red when Blair brought the news home.
thirty-fiveadjectiveUS /ˈθɜːrdifaɪv/
being five more than thirty
From this reading At thirty-five she was still girlish-looking, and her dark eyes were as bright as ever.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
From this reading When Skelton’s arrival was known it made a tremendous sensation.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Mrs. Blair turned a beautiful rosy red when Blair brought the news home.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
precisely as stated
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When Skelton’s arrival was known it made a tremendous sensation.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading At thirty-five she was still girlish-looking, and her dark eyes were as bright as ever.
at the time that
From this reading When Skelton’s arrival was known it made a tremendous sensation.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Sylvia Shapleigh felt a little ashamed, as she always did at the mention, or even the mere thought, of Skelton--she had been such a very, very great fool! and she had a lively apprehension of her mother’s course upon the occasion, which was fully justified by events.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Ah, my girl,” cried Blair, with his offhand tenderness, “Skelton has never forgiven me for getting ahead of him with you; but if he had got ahead of me--why, damme, I’d have broken his neck for him long before this!”
