used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A SURPRISE.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
(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 But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
attributedverbUS /əˈtrɪbjətɪd/
past form of “attribute” — attribute or credit to
From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
bitternessnounUS /ˈbɪtərnəs/
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
the two together, not just one
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
chancedverbUS /tʃænst/
past form of “chance” — be the case by chance
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
intentionally conceived
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
dearly loved
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
one or the other of two
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
engrossedadjectiveUS /ɪnˈɡroʊst/
giving or marked by complete attention to
From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
Eva
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From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
faredverbUS /ferd/
past form of “fare” — proceed or get along
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
fittingadjectiveUS /ˈfɪtɪŋ/
in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
formerlyadverbUS /ˈfɔːrmərli/
at a previous time
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
plural of “form” — the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
foster-sisternoun
your foster sister is a female who is not a daughter of your parents but who is raised by your parents
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
harbourverbUS /ˈhɑːrbər/
secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
hardnessnounUS /ˈhɑːrdnəs/
the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
how
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From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
immediately past
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
maid'snounUS /meɪdz/
possessive form of “maid” — a female domestic
From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
not any; not one
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
O'Malley
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From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
outspokenadjectiveUS /ˈaʊtˈspoʊkən/
given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
quaynounUS /kiː/
wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
on the contrary
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
relateverbUS /rɪˈleɪt/
make a logical or causal connection
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
sea-front
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From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
shynessnounUS /ˈʃaɪnəs/
a feeling of fear of embarrassment
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
softnessnounUS /ˈsɔːftnəs/
the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading A SURPRISE.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading But it was no fitting time for either the softness or the hardness of love, and my first care was to relate all that had chanced since I had seen them last.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
travailnounUS /trəˈveɪl/
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
Vilela
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From this reading With some bitterness of soul I attributed this change of manner to her thoughts being engrossed with de Vilela--so little was I able to read the maid’s mind.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
United States actress and singer (1896-1977)
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
wearisomeadjectiveUS /ˈwɪrisəm/
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
which person or people
From this reading As I stepped from the boat on to the face of the rock, which forms a natural quay on one side of the small harbour on the sea-front of the castle, both Grace and Eva O’Malley, who had seen me coming across the waters, met me and asked how I fared.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I was not so spent with the travail of my wearisome journey as not to be conscious of a novel sort of shyness on the part of my dear, who seemed rather to hang back behind her foster-sister, and not to be so open and outspoken with me as formerly.
