Chapter IX · Chapter 9

later than; following

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

(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 And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

Having no one else present.

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

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

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

any thing at all

From this reading He had done nothing wrong,--so he told himself,--had not even coveted anything that did not belong to him.

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

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

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

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

be owned by; be in the possession of

From this reading He had done nothing wrong,--so he told himself,--had not even coveted anything that did not belong to him.

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From this reading Such were the ideas which presented themselves to him as hour after hour he sat in the book-room with his eyes fixed on the volume of Jeremy Taylor's sermons.

a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

the child of your aunt or uncle

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

greatly desired

From this reading He had done nothing wrong,--so he told himself,--had not even coveted anything that did not belong to him.

a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering

From this reading The cruelty of it, the injustice of it, the unprecedented hardness of it all!

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

the act of departing

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

providing no shelter or sustenance

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

a licensed medical practitioner

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading He had done nothing wrong,--so he told himself,--had not even coveted anything that did not belong to him.

a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

divisible by two

From this reading He had done nothing wrong,--so he told himself,--had not even coveted anything that did not belong to him.

opinion or judgment

From this reading Such were the ideas which presented themselves to him as hour after hour he sat in the book-room with his eyes fixed on the volume of Jeremy Taylor's sermons.

(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value

From this reading Such were the ideas which presented themselves to him as hour after hour he sat in the book-room with his eyes fixed on the volume of Jeremy Taylor's sermons.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

destroyed or killed

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

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

From this reading He had done nothing wrong,--so he told himself,--had not even coveted anything that did not belong to him.

the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale

From this reading The cruelty of it, the injustice of it, the unprecedented hardness of it all!

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

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

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading He had done nothing wrong,--so he told himself,--had not even coveted anything that did not belong to him.

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

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading Such were the ideas which presented themselves to him as hour after hour he sat in the book-room with his eyes fixed on the volume of Jeremy Taylor's sermons.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

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

From this reading Such were the ideas which presented themselves to him as hour after hour he sat in the book-room with his eyes fixed on the volume of Jeremy Taylor's sermons.

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

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

an unjust act

From this reading The cruelty of it, the injustice of it, the unprecedented hardness of it all!

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From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The cruelty of it, the injustice of it, the unprecedented hardness of it all!

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From this reading Such were the ideas which presented themselves to him as hour after hour he sat in the book-room with his eyes fixed on the volume of Jeremy Taylor's sermons.

United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

lacking companions or companionship

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

near in time or place or relationship

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

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

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

not any; not one

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading He had done nothing wrong,--so he told himself,--had not even coveted anything that did not belong to him.

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

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

past form of “present” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading Such were the ideas which presented themselves to him as hour after hour he sat in the book-room with his eyes fixed on the volume of Jeremy Taylor's sermons.

with considerable certainty; without much doubt

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

past form of “propose” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading Such were the ideas which presented themselves to him as hour after hour he sat in the book-room with his eyes fixed on the volume of Jeremy Taylor's sermons.

plural of “sermon” — an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

From this reading Such were the ideas which presented themselves to him as hour after hour he sat in the book-room with his eyes fixed on the volume of Jeremy Taylor's sermons.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading He had done nothing wrong,--so he told himself,--had not even coveted anything that did not belong to him.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

young nobleman attendant on a knight

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Such were the ideas which presented themselves to him as hour after hour he sat in the book-room with his eyes fixed on the volume of Jeremy Taylor's sermons.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

possessive form of “taylor” — United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)

From this reading Such were the ideas which presented themselves to him as hour after hour he sat in the book-room with his eyes fixed on the volume of Jeremy Taylor's sermons.

plural of “tenant” — someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

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

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading Such were the ideas which presented themselves to him as hour after hour he sat in the book-room with his eyes fixed on the volume of Jeremy Taylor's sermons.

in or at that place or location

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

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

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading He had done nothing wrong,--so he told himself,--had not even coveted anything that did not belong to him.

having no precedent; novel

From this reading The cruelty of it, the injustice of it, the unprecedented hardness of it all!

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading Such were the ideas which presented themselves to him as hour after hour he sat in the book-room with his eyes fixed on the volume of Jeremy Taylor's sermons.

one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

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

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading And the lawyer was gone, and the doctor, and the tenants did not come near him, and the butler and the housekeeper kept out of his way, and there was probably no man in all South Wales more lonely and desolate than the new Squire of Llanfeare on that morning.

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

From this reading Such were the ideas which presented themselves to him as hour after hour he sat in the book-room with his eyes fixed on the volume of Jeremy Taylor's sermons.

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

From this reading Such were the ideas which presented themselves to him as hour after hour he sat in the book-room with his eyes fixed on the volume of Jeremy Taylor's sermons.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Alone at Llanfeare On the day after the reading of the will, Henry Indefer Jones, Esq., of Llanfeare, as he was now to be called, was left alone in his house, his cousin Isabel having taken her departure from the place in the manner proposed by her.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Such were the ideas which presented themselves to him as hour after hour he sat in the book-room with his eyes fixed on the volume of Jeremy Taylor's sermons.

not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth

From this reading He had done nothing wrong,--so he told himself,--had not even coveted anything that did not belong to him.