Chapter XXXV

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

possessing life

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

past form of “associate” — make a logical or causal connection

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

the state of being blank; void; emptiness

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The figure of my sister in her chair by the kitchen fire, haunted me night and day.

a seat for one person, with a support for the back

From this reading The figure of my sister in her chair by the kitchen fire, haunted me night and day.

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

navigational instrument for finding directions

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading The figure of my sister in her chair by the kitchen fire, haunted me night and day.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

From this reading The figure of my sister in her chair by the kitchen fire, haunted me night and day.

start firing a weapon

From this reading The figure of my sister in her chair by the kitchen fire, haunted me night and day.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

From this reading Whatever my fortunes might have been, I could scarcely have recalled my sister with much tenderness.

a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

death of a person

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

the solid part of the earth's surface

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something

From this reading The figure of my sister in her chair by the kitchen fire, haunted me night and day.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Whatever my fortunes might have been, I could scarcely have recalled my sister with much tenderness.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The figure of my sister in her chair by the kitchen fire, haunted me night and day.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

a room equipped for preparing meals

From this reading The figure of my sister in her chair by the kitchen fire, haunted me night and day.

deliver a sharp blow or push

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The figure of my sister in her chair by the kitchen fire, haunted me night and day.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Whatever my fortunes might have been, I could scarcely have recalled my sister with much tenderness.

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Whatever my fortunes might have been, I could scarcely have recalled my sister with much tenderness.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading The figure of my sister in her chair by the kitchen fire, haunted me night and day.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

many times at short intervals

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

on one occasion

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

used of mouth or eyes

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

continuing forever or indefinitely

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

by chance

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

in the near future

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

past form of “recall” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

From this reading Whatever my fortunes might have been, I could scarcely have recalled my sister with much tenderness.

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

only a very short time before

From this reading Whatever my fortunes might have been, I could scarcely have recalled my sister with much tenderness.

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

not often

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

a female person who has the same parents as another person

From this reading The figure of my sister in her chair by the kitchen fire, haunted me night and day.

having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

not in physical motion

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

superlative of “strange” — being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

an idea that is suggested

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling

From this reading Whatever my fortunes might have been, I could scarcely have recalled my sister with much tenderness.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

in or at that place or location

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

in the direction of

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

(usually followed by “to”) not having the necessary means or skill or know-how

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading Whatever my fortunes might have been, I could scarcely have recalled my sister with much tenderness.

in contrast with the fact that

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

in the company of; together with

From this reading In my rooms too, with which she had never been at all associated, there was at once the blankness of death and a perpetual suggestion of the sound of her voice or the turn of her face or figure, as if she were still alive and had been often there.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

From this reading It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading That the place could possibly be, without her, was something my mind seemed unable to compass; and whereas she had seldom or never been in my thoughts of late, I had now the strangest ideas that she was coming towards me in the street, or that she would presently knock at the door.