used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A COLD DOUCHE How my heart beat when I set forth on my expedition!
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I was just about to dash hastily up the staircase of Bessy's dwelling, when whom should I run into but Tóni Sági.
actressesnounUS /ˈæktrəsɪz/
plural of “actress” — a female actor
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They all remarked that I was very stylishly got up, and they all shook their fingers at me, and said: "Fie, fie! you straw-widower!"
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading A COLD DOUCHE How my heart beat when I set forth on my expedition!
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The devil must really have been in me to make me take the trouble to have my hair so prettily frizzled.
Bessy's
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From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I was just about to dash hastily up the staircase of Bessy's dwelling, when whom should I run into but Tóni Sági.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading A COLD DOUCHE How my heart beat when I set forth on my expedition!
dashverbUS /dæʃ/
run or move very quickly or hastily
From this reading I was just about to dash hastily up the staircase of Bessy's dwelling, when whom should I run into but Tóni Sági.
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading The devil must really have been in me to make me take the trouble to have my hair so prettily frizzled.
DOUCHEnounUS /duːʃ/
a small syringe with detachable nozzles; used for vaginal lavage and enemas
From this reading A COLD DOUCHE How my heart beat when I set forth on my expedition!
dwellingnounUS /ˈdwelɪŋ/
housing that someone is living in
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
From this reading A COLD DOUCHE How my heart beat when I set forth on my expedition!
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
Fie
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From this reading They all remarked that I was very stylishly got up, and they all shook their fingers at me, and said: "Fie, fie! you straw-widower!"
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading They all remarked that I was very stylishly got up, and they all shook their fingers at me, and said: "Fie, fie! you straw-widower!"
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading A COLD DOUCHE How my heart beat when I set forth on my expedition!
frizzledverbUS /ˈfrɪzəld/
past form of “frizzle” — fry something until it curls and becomes crisp
From this reading The devil must really have been in me to make me take the trouble to have my hair so prettily frizzled.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
the act of departing
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading They all remarked that I was very stylishly got up, and they all shook their fingers at me, and said: "Fie, fie! you straw-widower!"
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading The devil must really have been in me to make me take the trouble to have my hair so prettily frizzled.
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading I was just about to dash hastily up the staircase of Bessy's dwelling, when whom should I run into but Tóni Sági.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The devil must really have been in me to make me take the trouble to have my hair so prettily frizzled.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading A COLD DOUCHE How my heart beat when I set forth on my expedition!
How
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From this reading A COLD DOUCHE How my heart beat when I set forth on my expedition!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A COLD DOUCHE How my heart beat when I set forth on my expedition!
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The devil must really have been in me to make me take the trouble to have my hair so prettily frizzled.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I was just about to dash hastily up the staircase of Bessy's dwelling, when whom should I run into but Tóni Sági.
and nothing more
From this reading I was just about to dash hastily up the staircase of Bessy's dwelling, when whom should I run into but Tóni Sági.
lodgingsnounUS /ˈlɑːdʒɪŋz/
temporary living quarters
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
engage in
From this reading The devil must really have been in me to make me take the trouble to have my hair so prettily frizzled.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The devil must really have been in me to make me take the trouble to have my hair so prettily frizzled.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A COLD DOUCHE How my heart beat when I set forth on my expedition!
of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A COLD DOUCHE How my heart beat when I set forth on my expedition!
prettilyadverb
in a pretty manner
From this reading The devil must really have been in me to make me take the trouble to have my hair so prettily frizzled.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading The devil must really have been in me to make me take the trouble to have my hair so prettily frizzled.
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading They all remarked that I was very stylishly got up, and they all shook their fingers at me, and said: "Fie, fie! you straw-widower!"
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading I was just about to dash hastily up the staircase of Bessy's dwelling, when whom should I run into but Tóni Sági.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading They all remarked that I was very stylishly got up, and they all shook their fingers at me, and said: "Fie, fie! you straw-widower!"
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading A COLD DOUCHE How my heart beat when I set forth on my expedition!
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading They all remarked that I was very stylishly got up, and they all shook their fingers at me, and said: "Fie, fie! you straw-widower!"
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I was just about to dash hastily up the staircase of Bessy's dwelling, when whom should I run into but Tóni Sági.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The devil must really have been in me to make me take the trouble to have my hair so prettily frizzled.
a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps
From this reading I was just about to dash hastily up the staircase of Bessy's dwelling, when whom should I run into but Tóni Sági.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
straw-widower
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From this reading They all remarked that I was very stylishly got up, and they all shook their fingers at me, and said: "Fie, fie! you straw-widower!"
stylishlyadverbUS /ˈstaɪlɪʃli/
in a stylish manner
From this reading They all remarked that I was very stylishly got up, and they all shook their fingers at me, and said: "Fie, fie! you straw-widower!"
Sági
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From this reading I was just about to dash hastily up the staircase of Bessy's dwelling, when whom should I run into but Tóni Sági.
carry out
From this reading The devil must really have been in me to make me take the trouble to have my hair so prettily frizzled.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They all remarked that I was very stylishly got up, and they all shook their fingers at me, and said: "Fie, fie! you straw-widower!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They all remarked that I was very stylishly got up, and they all shook their fingers at me, and said: "Fie, fie! you straw-widower!"
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
a source of difficulty
From this reading The devil must really have been in me to make me take the trouble to have my hair so prettily frizzled.
Tóni
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From this reading I was just about to dash hastily up the staircase of Bessy's dwelling, when whom should I run into but Tóni Sági.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading They all remarked that I was very stylishly got up, and they all shook their fingers at me, and said: "Fie, fie! you straw-widower!"
precisely as stated
From this reading They all remarked that I was very stylishly got up, and they all shook their fingers at me, and said: "Fie, fie! you straw-widower!"
veterannounUS /ˈvetərən/
a serviceman who has seen considerable active service
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
at the time that
From this reading A COLD DOUCHE How my heart beat when I set forth on my expedition!
in or at the place that
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I was just about to dash hastily up the staircase of Bessy's dwelling, when whom should I run into but Tóni Sági.
in the company of; together with
From this reading On the way from my dwelling to Bessy's lodgings my ill fate brought me face to face with all the veteran actresses of the National Theatre, and they all stopped me and asked where I was going.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading They all remarked that I was very stylishly got up, and they all shook their fingers at me, and said: "Fie, fie! you straw-widower!"
