used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
attractiveadjectiveUS /əˈtræktɪv/
pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
From this reading “Yes, no doubt; and I suppose it is because she is our very own that she seems so wonderfully attractive and lovable to me.
babenounUS /beɪb/
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
for the reason that
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “She seems to me the dearest, loveliest child that ever was made.”
a special loved one
From this reading “The darling!” exclaimed Max, speaking low and tenderly.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading “She seems to me the dearest, loveliest child that ever was made.”
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading “Yes, no doubt; and I suppose it is because she is our very own that she seems so wonderfully attractive and lovable to me.
Eva
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From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
Evelyn
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From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
at any time
From this reading “She seems to me the dearest, loveliest child that ever was made.”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “The darling!” exclaimed Max, speaking low and tenderly.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Yes, no doubt; and I suppose it is because she is our very own that she seems so wonderfully attractive and lovable to me.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
lovableadjectiveUS /ˈlʌvəbəl/
having characteristics that attract love or affection
From this reading “Yes, no doubt; and I suppose it is because she is our very own that she seems so wonderfully attractive and lovable to me.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
loveliest
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From this reading “She seems to me the dearest, loveliest child that ever was made.”
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading “The darling!” exclaimed Max, speaking low and tenderly.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading “She seems to me the dearest, loveliest child that ever was made.”
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
MAXnounUS /mæks/
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “She seems to me the dearest, loveliest child that ever was made.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
not any; not one
From this reading “Yes, no doubt; and I suppose it is because she is our very own that she seems so wonderfully attractive and lovable to me.
others
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From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “Yes, no doubt; and I suppose it is because she is our very own that she seems so wonderfully attractive and lovable to me.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “She seems to me the dearest, loveliest child that ever was made.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She seems to me the dearest, loveliest child that ever was made.”
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
the state of being asleep
From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Yes, no doubt; and I suppose it is because she is our very own that she seems so wonderfully attractive and lovable to me.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading “The darling!” exclaimed Max, speaking low and tenderly.
Sunnyside
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From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
express a supposition
From this reading “Yes, no doubt; and I suppose it is because she is our very own that she seems so wonderfully attractive and lovable to me.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
tenderlyadverbUS /ˈtendərli/
with tenderness; in a tender manner
From this reading “The darling!” exclaimed Max, speaking low and tenderly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “She seems to me the dearest, loveliest child that ever was made.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The darling!” exclaimed Max, speaking low and tenderly.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “She seems to me the dearest, loveliest child that ever was made.”
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
precisely as stated
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She seems to me the dearest, loveliest child that ever was made.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
in the company of; together with
From this reading MAX and Evelyn were in their own Sunnyside home, leaning over their sleeping babe, their faces shining with love and joy.
wonderfullyadverbUS /ˈwʌndərfəli/
(used as an intensifier) extremely well
From this reading “Yes, no doubt; and I suppose it is because she is our very own that she seems so wonderfully attractive and lovable to me.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, no doubt; and I suppose it is because she is our very own that she seems so wonderfully attractive and lovable to me.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “To me, too,” returned Eva with a low and sweet laugh, “though I know that is because she is yours and mine; and there must have been very many others quite as beautiful and sweet.”
