acted upon; influenced
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
(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 Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
armournounUS /ˈɑːrmər/
a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
From this reading She seemed to have no armour.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When Miltoun at last came it was past nine o'clock.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But though so stirred by her emotion, he was none the less exasperated.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading When Miltoun at last came it was past nine o'clock.
clungverbUS /klʌŋ/
inflected form of “cling” — come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
any strong feeling
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
exasperatedadjectiveUS /ɪɡˈzæspəreɪtɪd/
greatly annoyed; out of patience
From this reading But though so stirred by her emotion, he was none the less exasperated.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She seemed to have no armour.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But though so stirred by her emotion, he was none the less exasperated.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But though so stirred by her emotion, he was none the less exasperated.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
How
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From this reading How terribly sensitive and tender she was!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When Miltoun at last came it was past nine o'clock.
immediately past
From this reading When Miltoun at last came it was past nine o'clock.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading But though so stirred by her emotion, he was none the less exasperated.
Miltoun
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From this reading When Miltoun at last came it was past nine o'clock.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading When Miltoun at last came it was past nine o'clock.
not any; not one
From this reading She seemed to have no armour.
not one, and not any
From this reading But though so stirred by her emotion, he was none the less exasperated.
o'clockadverbUS /əˈklɑːk/
according to the clock
From this reading When Miltoun at last came it was past nine o'clock.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
a strong feeling or emotion
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading When Miltoun at last came it was past nine o'clock.
profoundlyadverbUS /proʊˈfaʊndli/
to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
quiveringnounUS /ˈkwɪvərɪŋ/
a shaky motion
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading She seemed to have no armour.
sensitiveadjectiveUS /ˈsensətɪv/
responsive to physical stimuli
From this reading How terribly sensitive and tender she was!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But though so stirred by her emotion, he was none the less exasperated.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading But though so stirred by her emotion, he was none the less exasperated.
substancenounUS /ˈsʌbstəns/
the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading How terribly sensitive and tender she was!
terriblyadverbUS /ˈterəbli/
used as intensifiers
From this reading How terribly sensitive and tender she was!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading But though so stirred by her emotion, he was none the less exasperated.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When Miltoun at last came it was past nine o'clock.
at the time that
From this reading When Miltoun at last came it was past nine o'clock.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Silent, but quivering all over; she clung to him in the hall; and this passion of emotion, without sound to give it substance, affected him profoundly.
