Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

From this reading He did not seem to have a single friend in Oxford, and the loneliness of the man made me feel absolutely wretched.

be able to spare or give up

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

later than; following

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

eagerly desirous

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

any thing at all

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

the verbal act of requesting

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

past form of “avoid” — stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

having undesirable or negative qualities

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

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From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

give encouragement to

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading He did not seem to have a single friend in Oxford, and the loneliness of the man made me feel absolutely wretched.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

a licensed medical practitioner

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962)

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

From this reading He did not seem to have a single friend in Oxford, and the loneliness of the man made me feel absolutely wretched.

in an unqualified manner

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

set up or found

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading He did not seem to have a single friend in Oxford, and the loneliness of the man made me feel absolutely wretched.

made afraid

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

past form of “guess” — expect, believe, or suppose

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

someone employed to conduct others

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

past form of “happen” — come to pass

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

in place of, or as an alternative to

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

a landlord who is a woman

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

the act of departing

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

the state of being alone in solitary isolation

From this reading He did not seem to have a single friend in Oxford, and the loneliness of the man made me feel absolutely wretched.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

the act that results in something coming to be

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

a brief written record

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

on one occasion

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

used with “to” to say what is right or advisable

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University

From this reading He did not seem to have a single friend in Oxford, and the loneliness of the man made me feel absolutely wretched.

capable of happening or existing

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

make a promise or commitment

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading He did not seem to have a single friend in Oxford, and the loneliness of the man made me feel absolutely wretched.

cause to go somewhere

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

from a time in the past until now

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

being or characteristic of a single thing or person

From this reading He did not seem to have a single friend in Oxford, and the loneliness of the man made me feel absolutely wretched.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

a sudden outburst of anger

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

tested and proved useful or correct

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

up to a particular time

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

precisely as stated

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

desired or wished for or sought

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

at the time that

From this reading GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE When I got back to my rooms after leaving Mrs. Faulkner and Nina I found a note from Owen asking me to go and see him at once.

at any time that; every time that

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Since he had, until then, avoided me in every possible way I guessed that something serious had happened, and when I got to his rooms in Lomax Street, I found him in bed with a cough which ought to have frightened his landlady instead of making her in a very bad temper.

afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

From this reading He was, however, more worried about the interruption to his reading than anxious about himself, and he said flatly that he could not afford to have a doctor.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.

of very poor quality or condition

From this reading He did not seem to have a single friend in Oxford, and the loneliness of the man made me feel absolutely wretched.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I tried to cheer him up--but you can't cheer up a man with a cough--and I told him I would come to him whenever he wanted me, and made him promise he would send for me if I could do anything for him.