used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
Ann
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From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Thou art our daughter, never loved as now, Thou gentlest maid, thou child of purity.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Thou art our daughter, never loved as now, Thou gentlest maid, thou child of purity.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
next to; at the side of
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
blightedadjectiveUS /ˈblaɪtɪd/
affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity
From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
BrucenounUS /bruːs/
Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
a young person of either sex
From this reading Thou art our daughter, never loved as now, Thou gentlest maid, thou child of purity.
CommodorenounUS /ˈkɑːmədɔːr/
a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
confessionnounUS /kənˈfeʃən/
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
a female human offspring
From this reading Thou art our daughter, never loved as now, Thou gentlest maid, thou child of purity.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
a quad with a square body
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
Emolyn
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From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
FortunatelyadverbUS /ˈfɔːrtʃənətli/
by good fortune
From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
gentlestadjectiveUS /ˈdʒentələst/
superlative of “gentle” — soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading Thou art our daughter, never loved as now, Thou gentlest maid, thou child of purity.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
past form of “kiss” — touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
held dear
From this reading Thou art our daughter, never loved as now, Thou gentlest maid, thou child of purity.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
a female domestic
From this reading Thou art our daughter, never loved as now, Thou gentlest maid, thou child of purity.
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 Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
MATURIN
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From this reading MATURIN.
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Thou art our daughter, never loved as now, Thou gentlest maid, thou child of purity.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Thou art our daughter, never loved as now, Thou gentlest maid, thou child of purity.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Thou art our daughter, never loved as now, Thou gentlest maid, thou child of purity.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Thou art our daughter, never loved as now, Thou gentlest maid, thou child of purity.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
Palmer'snounUS /ˈpɑːmərz/
possessive form of “palmer” — United States golfer (born in 1929)
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
puritynounUS /ˈpjʊrəti/
being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
From this reading Thou art our daughter, never loved as now, Thou gentlest maid, thou child of purity.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
express in words
From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
with low volume
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
Susan
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From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou art our daughter, never loved as now, Thou gentlest maid, thou child of purity.
the act of testing something
From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
showing sorrow
From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
Whitlock's
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From this reading The reading of Ann Whitlock’s confession was followed by a deep silence of some moments, during which nothing was heard but the low sound of Susan Palmer’s weeping.
woman'snounUS /ˈwʊmənz/
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading At length Em. arose softly from her seat beside old Commodore Bruce, and went over and seated herself beside Susan, put her arms around the poor woman’s neck, kissed her, and murmured:
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
Wyndeworth's
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From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
a late time of life
From this reading Fortunately, I say, not a word had been said of the trial which had blighted so many years of Emolyn Wyndeworth’s life.
