Chapter VI

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

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

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

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

From this reading CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.

patterned with alternating squares of color

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

being one more than seventeen

From this reading CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.

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

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading OUR FATHER.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

past form of “fold” — bend or lay so that one part covers the other

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading "_Whenever_ Owen returns, give him that _at once_!"

destroyed or killed

From this reading Then he was gone.

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

in a hurried or hasty manner

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

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

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

to a considerable degree

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

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

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

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

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

a boy or man

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

immediately past

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

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

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

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

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

on one occasion

From this reading "_Whenever_ Owen returns, give him that _at once_!"

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading OUR FATHER.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)

From this reading "_Whenever_ Owen returns, give him that _at once_!"

a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

a writing implement with a point from which ink flows

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

plural of “return” — document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

From this reading "_Whenever_ Owen returns, give him that _at once_!"

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

express in words

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

(of a fluid) having been propelled about in flying drops or masses

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

the act of someone who picks up or takes something

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "_Whenever_ Owen returns, give him that _at once_!"

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

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

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

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

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

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

at any time that; every time that

From this reading "_Whenever_ Owen returns, give him that _at once_!"

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From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.

inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work

From this reading "He sees at last, my little lad," said David, stooping down and kissing him--he was about to say something more, but checked himself; two tears splashed heavily down on the happy little face, then he went away to my writing-table, and taking out a pen, ink, and paper, wrote hastily a few lines, folded up the paper, and brought it back to me.