used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She had forgotten that she had left Mallowe before lunch, and that she ought to have got a cup of tea, at least, at Maundell.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Before she had walked a mile on her way back, she realised that she was frightfully hungry and rather faint.
inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She had forgotten that she had left Mallowe before lunch, and that she ought to have got a cup of tea, at least, at Maundell.
a small house with a single story
From this reading "There is not even a cottage where I could get a glass of water," she thought.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading She had forgotten that she had left Mallowe before lunch, and that she ought to have got a cup of tea, at least, at Maundell.
dragverbUS /dræɡ/
pull, as against a resistance
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
divisible by two
From this reading "There is not even a cottage where I could get a glass of water," she thought.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading Before she had walked a mile on her way back, she realised that she was frightfully hungry and rather faint.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading She had forgotten that she had left Mallowe before lunch, and that she ought to have got a cup of tea, at least, at Maundell.
frightfullyadverbUS /ˈfraɪtfəli/
used as intensifiers
From this reading Before she had walked a mile on her way back, she realised that she was frightfully hungry and rather faint.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "There is not even a cottage where I could get a glass of water," she thought.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading "There is not even a cottage where I could get a glass of water," she thought.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had forgotten that she had left Mallowe before lunch, and that she ought to have got a cup of tea, at least, at Maundell.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
hotteradjectiveUS /ˈhɑːtər/
comparative of “hot” — used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading Before she had walked a mile on her way back, she realised that she was frightfully hungry and rather faint.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "There is not even a cottage where I could get a glass of water," she thought.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading She had forgotten that she had left Mallowe before lunch, and that she ought to have got a cup of tea, at least, at Maundell.
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 She had forgotten that she had left Mallowe before lunch, and that she ought to have got a cup of tea, at least, at Maundell.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
take the midday meal
From this reading She had forgotten that she had left Mallowe before lunch, and that she ought to have got a cup of tea, at least, at Maundell.
Mallowe
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From this reading She had forgotten that she had left Mallowe before lunch, and that she ought to have got a cup of tea, at least, at Maundell.
Maundell
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From this reading She had forgotten that she had left Mallowe before lunch, and that she ought to have got a cup of tea, at least, at Maundell.
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Before she had walked a mile on her way back, she realised that she was frightfully hungry and rather faint.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "There is not even a cottage where I could get a glass of water," she thought.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Before she had walked a mile on her way back, she realised that she was frightfully hungry and rather faint.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading She had forgotten that she had left Mallowe before lunch, and that she ought to have got a cup of tea, at least, at Maundell.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
on the contrary
From this reading Before she had walked a mile on her way back, she realised that she was frightfully hungry and rather faint.
realisedadjectiveUS /ˈriːəlaɪzd/
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading Before she had walked a mile on her way back, she realised that she was frightfully hungry and rather faint.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
only a very short time before
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading She had forgotten that she had left Mallowe before lunch, and that she ought to have got a cup of tea, at least, at Maundell.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There is not even a cottage where I could get a glass of water," she thought.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "There is not even a cottage where I could get a glass of water," she thought.
tiredadjectiveUS /ˈtaɪərd/
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading The sun got hotter and hotter, and her feet became so tired that she could scarcely drag one of them after another.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading Before she had walked a mile on her way back, she realised that she was frightfully hungry and rather faint.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading "There is not even a cottage where I could get a glass of water," she thought.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Before she had walked a mile on her way back, she realised that she was frightfully hungry and rather faint.
in or at the place that
From this reading "There is not even a cottage where I could get a glass of water," she thought.
a late time of life
From this reading "Oh, I shall have to find a new place," she was thinking, "and I have lived in that little room for years."
