used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A DARK DAY.
in actual fact
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
barnnounUS /bɑːrn/
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading Meanwhile Dotty was lying on the hay in the barn scaffold.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
for the reason that
From this reading And then, on going into the house, what should she learn but that this man had come to take Ruth home, because her mother was sick.
believingnounUS /bɪˈliːvɪŋ/
the cognitive process that leads to convictions
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading And then, on going into the house, what should she learn but that this man had come to take Ruth home, because her mother was sick.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And then, on going into the house, what should she learn but that this man had come to take Ruth home, because her mother was sick.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading A DARK DAY.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading A DARK DAY.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
Dillon
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From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
dilly-dallying
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From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
DottyadjectiveUS /ˈdɑːti/
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
From this reading Meanwhile Dotty was lying on the hay in the barn scaffold.
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
fierce-looking
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From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
a state of partial or total darkness
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
the act of departing
From this reading And then, on going into the house, what should she learn but that this man had come to take Ruth home, because her mother was sick.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
haynounUS /heɪ/
grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
From this reading Meanwhile Dotty was lying on the hay in the barn scaffold.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
hoarseadjectiveUS /hɔːrs/
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
where you live at a particular time
From this reading And then, on going into the house, what should she learn but that this man had come to take Ruth home, because her mother was sick.
horse-whip
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From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading And then, on going into the house, what should she learn but that this man had come to take Ruth home, because her mother was sick.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Meanwhile Dotty was lying on the hay in the barn scaffold.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And then, on going into the house, what should she learn but that this man had come to take Ruth home, because her mother was sick.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
gain knowledge or skills
From this reading And then, on going into the house, what should she learn but that this man had come to take Ruth home, because her mother was sick.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading Meanwhile Dotty was lying on the hay in the barn scaffold.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
at the same time but in another place
From this reading Meanwhile Dotty was lying on the hay in the barn scaffold.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading And then, on going into the house, what should she learn but that this man had come to take Ruth home, because her mother was sick.
not one, and not any
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Meanwhile Dotty was lying on the hay in the barn scaffold.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
peepedverbUS /piːpt/
past form of “peep” — look furtively
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
precisely, exactly
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
scaffoldnounUS /ˈskæfəld/
a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)
From this reading Meanwhile Dotty was lying on the hay in the barn scaffold.
screamedverbUS /skriːmd/
past form of “scream” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading And then, on going into the house, what should she learn but that this man had come to take Ruth home, because her mother was sick.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading And then, on going into the house, what should she learn but that this man had come to take Ruth home, because her mother was sick.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
carry out
From this reading And then, on going into the house, what should she learn but that this man had come to take Ruth home, because her mother was sick.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Meanwhile Dotty was lying on the hay in the barn scaffold.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And then, on going into the house, what should she learn but that this man had come to take Ruth home, because her mother was sick.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And then, on going into the house, what should she learn but that this man had come to take Ruth home, because her mother was sick.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
precisely as stated
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Meanwhile Dotty was lying on the hay in the barn scaffold.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And then, on going into the house, what should she learn but that this man had come to take Ruth home, because her mother was sick.
at the time that
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading It is very easy to be unhappy when we particularly try to be so; and Dotty had arrived at the point of _almost_ believing that she _almost_ wished she was actually dead.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And, to add to her gloom, a fierce-looking man, with a long horse-whip in his hand, came and peeped in at the barn door, and screamed to Dotty in a hoarse voice that "Ruth Dillon wanted her right off, and none of her dilly-dallying."
