used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "What's all this about?
speak to
From this reading It had come at dinner-time, and it was with a feeling of _ennui_ she read the address.
(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 "What's all this about?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It had come at dinner-time, and it was with a feeling of _ennui_ she read the address.
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It had come at dinner-time, and it was with a feeling of _ennui_ she read the address.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
billetsnounUS /ˈbɪləts/
plural of “billet” — a short personal letter
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
Brilliants
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From this reading Lady Jane puts on her Brilliants.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It had come at dinner-time, and it was with a feeling of _ennui_ she read the address.
conjugaladjectiveUS /ˈkɑːndʒəɡəl/
of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
crabbedadjectiveUS /kræbd/
annoyed and irritable
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
the specified day of the month
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
dinner-time
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From this reading It had come at dinner-time, and it was with a feeling of _ennui_ she read the address.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
ennuinounUS /eˈnuːi/
the feeling of being bored by something tedious
From this reading It had come at dinner-time, and it was with a feeling of _ennui_ she read the address.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
the organ of sight
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading It had come at dinner-time, and it was with a feeling of _ennui_ she read the address.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lady Jane puts on her Brilliants.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had come at dinner-time, and it was with a feeling of _ennui_ she read the address.
Jane
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From this reading Lady Jane puts on her Brilliants.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Lady Jane puts on her Brilliants.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
lazilyadverbUS /ˈlæzəli/
in a slow and lazy manner
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
Lennox's
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From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
not one, and not any
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It had come at dinner-time, and it was with a feeling of _ennui_ she read the address.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Lady Jane puts on her Brilliants.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
ottomannounUS /ˈɑːtəmən/
a Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I)
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
phrasenounUS /freɪz/
an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
putsnounUS /pʊts/
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading Lady Jane puts on her Brilliants.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading It had come at dinner-time, and it was with a feeling of _ennui_ she read the address.
mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
cut with a saw
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It had come at dinner-time, and it was with a feeling of _ennui_ she read the address.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
subsidingnounUS /səbˈsaɪdɪŋ/
a gradual sinking to a lower level
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
Swift'snounUS /swɪfts/
possessive form of “swift” — United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
in or at that place or location
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It had come at dinner-time, and it was with a feeling of _ennui_ she read the address.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
What's
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From this reading "What's all this about?
in or at the place that
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading That evening, by the late post, had arrived a letter, in old General Lennox's hand, to his wife.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It had come at dinner-time, and it was with a feeling of _ennui_ she read the address.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
writesverbUS /raɪts/
third-person singular of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading It was one of those billets which, in Swift's phrase, would "have kept cool;" but, subsiding on the ottoman, she opened it--conjugal relations demanded this attention; and Lady Jane, thinking "what a hand he writes!" ran her eye lazily down those crabbed pages in search of a date to light her to the passage where he announced his return; but there was none, so far as she saw.
