Chapter II

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

From this reading Daddy had attended to that in his will, but success, and a knowledge of the world outside of Indiana, she must have.

(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 All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

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

From this reading BELINDA AND THE TWELVE FOR years New York had been beckoning to Belinda.

having help; often used as a combining form

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment

From this reading Daddy had attended to that in his will, but success, and a knowledge of the world outside of Indiana, she must have.

-ing form of “beckon” — signal with the hands or nod

From this reading BELINDA AND THE TWELVE FOR years New York had been beckoning to Belinda.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading BELINDA AND THE TWELVE FOR years New York had been beckoning to Belinda.

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From this reading BELINDA AND THE TWELVE FOR years New York had been beckoning to Belinda.

indistinct or hazy in outline

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Daddy had attended to that in his will, but success, and a knowledge of the world outside of Indiana, she must have.

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From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

brought together in one place

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

the body of faculty and students of a college

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

-ing form of “concern” — be relevant to

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

From this reading Daddy had attended to that in his will, but success, and a knowledge of the world outside of Indiana, she must have.

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

From this reading This fixed purpose rendered her immune from the sentimental and matrimonial epidemics that devastate the Junior and Senior ranks in co-educational institutions.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

plural of “epidemic” — a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time

From this reading This fixed purpose rendered her immune from the sentimental and matrimonial epidemics that devastate the Junior and Senior ranks in co-educational institutions.

undergo or live through a difficult experience

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

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From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value

From this reading This fixed purpose rendered her immune from the sentimental and matrimonial epidemics that devastate the Junior and Senior ranks in co-educational institutions.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading BELINDA AND THE TWELVE FOR years New York had been beckoning to Belinda.

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

From this reading Fortune she would not need.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading This fixed purpose rendered her immune from the sentimental and matrimonial epidemics that devastate the Junior and Senior ranks in co-educational institutions.

the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

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

From this reading BELINDA AND THE TWELVE FOR years New York had been beckoning to Belinda.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Daddy had attended to that in his will, but success, and a knowledge of the world outside of Indiana, she must have.

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

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Daddy had attended to that in his will, but success, and a knowledge of the world outside of Indiana, she must have.

relating to the condition of immunity

From this reading This fixed purpose rendered her immune from the sentimental and matrimonial epidemics that devastate the Junior and Senior ranks in co-educational institutions.

plural of “impression” — a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

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

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

a state in midwestern United States

From this reading Daddy had attended to that in his will, but success, and a knowledge of the world outside of Indiana, she must have.

plural of “institution” — an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

From this reading This fixed purpose rendered her immune from the sentimental and matrimonial epidemics that devastate the Junior and Senior ranks in co-educational institutions.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male

From this reading This fixed purpose rendered her immune from the sentimental and matrimonial epidemics that devastate the Junior and Senior ranks in co-educational institutions.

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

From this reading Daddy had attended to that in his will, but success, and a knowledge of the world outside of Indiana, she must have.

of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

freely in a nonliteral manner

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

creative writing of recognized artistic value

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

past form of “lure” — provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

of grammatical gender

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

of or relating to the state of marriage

From this reading This fixed purpose rendered her immune from the sentimental and matrimonial epidemics that devastate the Junior and Senior ranks in co-educational institutions.

belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Daddy had attended to that in his will, but success, and a knowledge of the world outside of Indiana, she must have.

a condition requiring relief

From this reading Fortune she would not need.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading BELINDA AND THE TWELVE FOR years New York had been beckoning to Belinda.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Fortune she would not need.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

plural of “opportunity” — a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit

From this reading Daddy had attended to that in his will, but success, and a knowledge of the world outside of Indiana, she must have.

an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

From this reading This fixed purpose rendered her immune from the sentimental and matrimonial epidemics that devastate the Junior and Senior ranks in co-educational institutions.

plural of “rank” — a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another

From this reading This fixed purpose rendered her immune from the sentimental and matrimonial epidemics that devastate the Junior and Senior ranks in co-educational institutions.

past form of “render” — cause to become

From this reading This fixed purpose rendered her immune from the sentimental and matrimonial epidemics that devastate the Junior and Senior ranks in co-educational institutions.

the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service

From this reading This fixed purpose rendered her immune from the sentimental and matrimonial epidemics that devastate the Junior and Senior ranks in co-educational institutions.

given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

From this reading This fixed purpose rendered her immune from the sentimental and matrimonial epidemics that devastate the Junior and Senior ranks in co-educational institutions.

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

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

to a small degree or extent

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

an event that accomplishes its intended purpose

From this reading Daddy had attended to that in his will, but success, and a knowledge of the world outside of Indiana, she must have.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Daddy had attended to that in his will, but success, and a knowledge of the world outside of Indiana, she must have.

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

From this reading BELINDA AND THE TWELVE FOR years New York had been beckoning to Belinda.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This fixed purpose rendered her immune from the sentimental and matrimonial epidemics that devastate the Junior and Senior ranks in co-educational institutions.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

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

From this reading BELINDA AND THE TWELVE FOR years New York had been beckoning to Belinda.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

From this reading BELINDA AND THE TWELVE FOR years New York had been beckoning to Belinda.

relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

in or at the place that

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Daddy had attended to that in his will, but success, and a knowledge of the world outside of Indiana, she must have.

in the company of; together with

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading All during her time at the western co-educational college, where she collected an assortment of somewhat blurred impressions concerning Greek roots, Latin depravity, and modern literature, and assisted liberally in the education of her masculine fellow-students, New York, with its opportunities for work and experience, had lured her on.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Daddy had attended to that in his will, but success, and a knowledge of the world outside of Indiana, she must have.

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

From this reading Fortune she would not need.

a late time of life

From this reading BELINDA AND THE TWELVE FOR years New York had been beckoning to Belinda.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading BELINDA AND THE TWELVE FOR years New York had been beckoning to Belinda.