used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
anew
From this reading So we went home again, all well pleased, and I holding the Duke's ring tight, I promise you.
(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 So we went home again, all well pleased, and I holding the Duke's ring tight, I promise you.
alternatelyadverbUS /ˈɔːltərnətli/
in an alternating sequence or position
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So we went home again, all well pleased, and I holding the Duke's ring tight, I promise you.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading I tied it to a black ribbon, and put it in the box which held my clothes.
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading I tied it to a black ribbon, and put it in the box which held my clothes.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
clothing in general
From this reading I tied it to a black ribbon, and put it in the box which held my clothes.
Duke'snounUS /duːks/
possessive form of “duke” — a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading So we went home again, all well pleased, and I holding the Duke's ring tight, I promise you.
ELDERSnounUS /ˈeldərz/
plural of “elder” — a person who is older than you are
From this reading WITH THE ELDERS.
emeraldnounUS /ˈemrəld/
a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
emeraldsnounUS /ˈemrəldz/
plural of “emerald” — a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
something acquired without compensation
From this reading Never was such a grand gift to so humble a person.
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading Never was such a grand gift to so humble a person.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading I tied it to a black ribbon, and put it in the box which held my clothes.
the act of retaining something
From this reading So we went home again, all well pleased, and I holding the Duke's ring tight, I promise you.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading So we went home again, all well pleased, and I holding the Duke's ring tight, I promise you.
low or inferior in station or quality
From this reading Never was such a grand gift to so humble a person.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So we went home again, all well pleased, and I holding the Duke's ring tight, I promise you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
the location of something surrounded by other things
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
used to form the superlative
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I tied it to a black ribbon, and put it in the box which held my clothes.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never was such a grand gift to so humble a person.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
pearlsnounUS /pɜːrlz/
plural of “pearl” — a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
a human being
From this reading Never was such a grand gift to so humble a person.
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading So we went home again, all well pleased, and I holding the Duke's ring tight, I promise you.
make a promise or commitment
From this reading So we went home again, all well pleased, and I holding the Duke's ring tight, I promise you.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading I tied it to a black ribbon, and put it in the box which held my clothes.
ribbonnounUS /ˈrɪbən/
any long object resembling a thin line
From this reading I tied it to a black ribbon, and put it in the box which held my clothes.
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading So we went home again, all well pleased, and I holding the Duke's ring tight, I promise you.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So we went home again, all well pleased, and I holding the Duke's ring tight, I promise you.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Never was such a grand gift to so humble a person.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WITH THE ELDERS.
bound or secured closely
From this reading I tied it to a black ribbon, and put it in the box which held my clothes.
closely constrained or constricted or constricting
From this reading So we went home again, all well pleased, and I holding the Duke's ring tight, I promise you.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading So we went home again, all well pleased, and I holding the Duke's ring tight, I promise you.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading So we went home again, all well pleased, and I holding the Duke's ring tight, I promise you.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading So we went home again, all well pleased, and I holding the Duke's ring tight, I promise you.
at the time that
From this reading It was a most beautiful ring when I came to look at it; a great emerald was in the midst of it, with little pearls and emeralds set alternately around it.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I tied it to a black ribbon, and put it in the box which held my clothes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading WITH THE ELDERS.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So we went home again, all well pleased, and I holding the Duke's ring tight, I promise you.
