used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Isn’t there a cab?” said Fanny, knowing dismally enough that there wasn’t.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “I’ll just put it aside o’ the penny-in-the-slot, and Heather’s greengrocers’ll fetch it about half past eight,” he said.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And with her umbrella, her chatelaine, and her little leather case, she followed him.
on or to one side
From this reading “I’ll just put it aside o’ the penny-in-the-slot, and Heather’s greengrocers’ll fetch it about half past eight,” he said.
cabnounUS /kæb/
a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
From this reading “Isn’t there a cab?” said Fanny, knowing dismally enough that there wasn’t.
cartnounUS /kɑːrt/
a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading “We’ll get Heather’s greengrocer’s cart to fetch it up,” he said.
an occurrence of something
From this reading And with her umbrella, her chatelaine, and her little leather case, she followed him.
chatelainenoun
the mistress of a chateau or large country house
From this reading And with her umbrella, her chatelaine, and her little leather case, she followed him.
dismallyadverbUS /ˈdɪzməli/
in a cheerless manner
From this reading “Isn’t there a cab?” said Fanny, knowing dismally enough that there wasn’t.
being one more than seven
From this reading “I’ll just put it aside o’ the penny-in-the-slot, and Heather’s greengrocers’ll fetch it about half past eight,” he said.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “Isn’t there a cab?” said Fanny, knowing dismally enough that there wasn’t.
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading “Isn’t there a cab?” said Fanny, knowing dismally enough that there wasn’t.
go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading “We’ll get Heather’s greengrocer’s cart to fetch it up,” he said.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading And with her umbrella, her chatelaine, and her little leather case, she followed him.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “We’ll get Heather’s greengrocer’s cart to fetch it up,” he said.
greengrocer's
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greengrocers'll
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consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading “I’ll just put it aside o’ the penny-in-the-slot, and Heather’s greengrocers’ll fetch it about half past eight,” he said.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “We’ll get Heather’s greengrocer’s cart to fetch it up,” he said.
Heather'snounUS /ˈheðərz/
possessive form of “heather” — common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
From this reading “We’ll get Heather’s greengrocer’s cart to fetch it up,” he said.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And with her umbrella, her chatelaine, and her little leather case, she followed him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And with her umbrella, her chatelaine, and her little leather case, she followed him.
I'll
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Isn't
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From this reading “Isn’t there a cab?” said Fanny, knowing dismally enough that there wasn’t.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “We’ll get Heather’s greengrocer’s cart to fetch it up,” he said.
and nothing more
From this reading “I’ll just put it aside o’ the penny-in-the-slot, and Heather’s greengrocers’ll fetch it about half past eight,” he said.
evidencing the possession of inside information
From this reading “Isn’t there a cab?” said Fanny, knowing dismally enough that there wasn’t.
leathernounUS /ˈleðər/
an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
From this reading And with her umbrella, her chatelaine, and her little leather case, she followed him.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading And with her umbrella, her chatelaine, and her little leather case, she followed him.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “I’ll just put it aside o’ the penny-in-the-slot, and Heather’s greengrocers’ll fetch it about half past eight,” he said.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading “I’ll just put it aside o’ the penny-in-the-slot, and Heather’s greengrocers’ll fetch it about half past eight,” he said.
penny-in-the-slot
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put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “I’ll just put it aside o’ the penny-in-the-slot, and Heather’s greengrocers’ll fetch it about half past eight,” he said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “We’ll get Heather’s greengrocer’s cart to fetch it up,” he said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And with her umbrella, her chatelaine, and her little leather case, she followed him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Isn’t there a cab?” said Fanny, knowing dismally enough that there wasn’t.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The trunk was there.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The trunk was there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “We’ll get Heather’s greengrocer’s cart to fetch it up,” he said.
the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
From this reading The trunk was there.
umbrellanounUS /əmˈbrelə/
a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
From this reading And with her umbrella, her chatelaine, and her little leather case, she followed him.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “We’ll get Heather’s greengrocer’s cart to fetch it up,” he said.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The trunk was there.
wasn't
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We'll
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From this reading “We’ll get Heather’s greengrocer’s cart to fetch it up,” he said.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And with her umbrella, her chatelaine, and her little leather case, she followed him.
