used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
(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 They all used to say at home that she’d “a gift” for sketching, and she’d heard—we’ve all heard!—that there are fortunes to be made out of fashion-plates.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They all used to say at home that she’d “a gift” for sketching, and she’d heard—we’ve all heard!—that there are fortunes to be made out of fashion-plates.
Artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading This she used up in paying her fees at the Slade School of Art, where she’d gone, in her innocence, with a view to taking up fashion-drawing.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Only she hadn’t realized that for a girl of her sort, lovely and good-hearted and “gormless,” there’s only one way of getting a fortune; namely, by marrying it.
assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
a period of 100 years
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
Cicely
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From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
countedverbUS /ˈkaʊntɪd/
past form of “count” — determine the number or amount of
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
fashion-drawing
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From this reading This she used up in paying her fees at the Slade School of Art, where she’d gone, in her innocence, with a view to taking up fashion-drawing.
fashion-plates
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From this reading They all used to say at home that she’d “a gift” for sketching, and she’d heard—we’ve all heard!—that there are fortunes to be made out of fashion-plates.
feesnounUS /fiːz/
plural of “fee” — a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
From this reading This she used up in paying her fees at the Slade School of Art, where she’d gone, in her innocence, with a view to taking up fashion-drawing.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They all used to say at home that she’d “a gift” for sketching, and she’d heard—we’ve all heard!—that there are fortunes to be made out of fashion-plates.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading Only she hadn’t realized that for a girl of her sort, lovely and good-hearted and “gormless,” there’s only one way of getting a fortune; namely, by marrying it.
fortunesnounUS /ˈfɔːrtʃənz/
plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading They all used to say at home that she’d “a gift” for sketching, and she’d heard—we’ve all heard!—that there are fortunes to be made out of fashion-plates.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading Only she hadn’t realized that for a girl of her sort, lovely and good-hearted and “gormless,” there’s only one way of getting a fortune; namely, by marrying it.
something acquired without compensation
From this reading They all used to say at home that she’d “a gift” for sketching, and she’d heard—we’ve all heard!—that there are fortunes to be made out of fashion-plates.
a young female
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
destroyed or killed
From this reading This she used up in paying her fees at the Slade School of Art, where she’d gone, in her innocence, with a view to taking up fashion-drawing.
good-heartedadjective
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
From this reading Only she hadn’t realized that for a girl of her sort, lovely and good-hearted and “gormless,” there’s only one way of getting a fortune; namely, by marrying it.
gormlessadjective
(British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality
From this reading Only she hadn’t realized that for a girl of her sort, lovely and good-hearted and “gormless,” there’s only one way of getting a fortune; namely, by marrying it.
hadn't
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From this reading Only she hadn’t realized that for a girl of her sort, lovely and good-hearted and “gormless,” there’s only one way of getting a fortune; namely, by marrying it.
Harradine
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From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading They all used to say at home that she’d “a gift” for sketching, and she’d heard—we’ve all heard!—that there are fortunes to be made out of fashion-plates.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading This she used up in paying her fees at the Slade School of Art, where she’d gone, in her innocence, with a view to taking up fashion-drawing.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading They all used to say at home that she’d “a gift” for sketching, and she’d heard—we’ve all heard!—that there are fortunes to be made out of fashion-plates.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
innocencenounUS /ˈɪnəsəns/
the quality of innocent naivete
From this reading This she used up in paying her fees at the Slade School of Art, where she’d gone, in her innocence, with a view to taking up fashion-drawing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
and nothing more
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading Only she hadn’t realized that for a girl of her sort, lovely and good-hearted and “gormless,” there’s only one way of getting a fortune; namely, by marrying it.
lumpnounUS /lʌmp/
a compact mass
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
marryingverbUS /ˈmeriɪŋ/
-ing form of “marry” — take in marriage
From this reading Only she hadn’t realized that for a girl of her sort, lovely and good-hearted and “gormless,” there’s only one way of getting a fortune; namely, by marrying it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
namelyadverbUS /ˈneɪmli/
as follows
From this reading Only she hadn’t realized that for a girl of her sort, lovely and good-hearted and “gormless,” there’s only one way of getting a fortune; namely, by marrying it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Only she hadn’t realized that for a girl of her sort, lovely and good-hearted and “gormless,” there’s only one way of getting a fortune; namely, by marrying it.
and nothing more
From this reading Only she hadn’t realized that for a girl of her sort, lovely and good-hearted and “gormless,” there’s only one way of getting a fortune; namely, by marrying it.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading They all used to say at home that she’d “a gift” for sketching, and she’d heard—we’ve all heard!—that there are fortunes to be made out of fashion-plates.
OVERprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
yielding a fair profit
From this reading This she used up in paying her fees at the Slade School of Art, where she’d gone, in her innocence, with a view to taking up fashion-drawing.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading Only she hadn’t realized that for a girl of her sort, lovely and good-hearted and “gormless,” there’s only one way of getting a fortune; namely, by marrying it.
express in words
From this reading They all used to say at home that she’d “a gift” for sketching, and she’d heard—we’ve all heard!—that there are fortunes to be made out of fashion-plates.
an educational institution
From this reading This she used up in paying her fees at the Slade School of Art, where she’d gone, in her innocence, with a view to taking up fashion-drawing.
sharesnounUS /ʃerz/
plural of “share” — assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
she'd
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From this reading This she used up in paying her fees at the Slade School of Art, where she’d gone, in her innocence, with a view to taking up fashion-drawing.
sketchingverbUS /ˈsketʃɪŋ/
-ing form of “sketch” — make a sketch of
From this reading They all used to say at home that she’d “a gift” for sketching, and she’d heard—we’ve all heard!—that there are fortunes to be made out of fashion-plates.
Slade
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From this reading This she used up in paying her fees at the Slade School of Art, where she’d gone, in her innocence, with a view to taking up fashion-drawing.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading Only she hadn’t realized that for a girl of her sort, lovely and good-hearted and “gormless,” there’s only one way of getting a fortune; namely, by marrying it.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading This she used up in paying her fees at the Slade School of Art, where she’d gone, in her innocence, with a view to taking up fashion-drawing.
ten-shillings-a-week
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From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
in or at that place or location
From this reading They all used to say at home that she’d “a gift” for sketching, and she’d heard—we’ve all heard!—that there are fortunes to be made out of fashion-plates.
there's
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From this reading Only she hadn’t realized that for a girl of her sort, lovely and good-hearted and “gormless,” there’s only one way of getting a fortune; namely, by marrying it.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They all used to say at home that she’d “a gift” for sketching, and she’d heard—we’ve all heard!—that there are fortunes to be made out of fashion-plates.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This she used up in paying her fees at the Slade School of Art, where she’d gone, in her innocence, with a view to taking up fashion-drawing.
very small
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
TwentiethnounUS /ˈtwentiəθ/
position 20 in a countable series of things
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading This she used up in paying her fees at the Slade School of Art, where she’d gone, in her innocence, with a view to taking up fashion-drawing.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading This she used up in paying her fees at the Slade School of Art, where she’d gone, in her innocence, with a view to taking up fashion-drawing.
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading This she used up in paying her fees at the Slade School of Art, where she’d gone, in her innocence, with a view to taking up fashion-drawing.
waifnounUS /weɪf/
a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Only she hadn’t realized that for a girl of her sort, lovely and good-hearted and “gormless,” there’s only one way of getting a fortune; namely, by marrying it.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
we've
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From this reading They all used to say at home that she’d “a gift” for sketching, and she’d heard—we’ve all heard!—that there are fortunes to be made out of fashion-plates.
at the time that
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
in or at the place that
From this reading This she used up in paying her fees at the Slade School of Art, where she’d gone, in her innocence, with a view to taking up fashion-drawing.
which person or people
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THINKING IT OVER—— I always expect to be in long before Cicely Harradine, the girl who shares the place with me.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading We first made friends in a ten-shillings-a-week bedroom at the Twentieth Century Club, when she was left much as I was, a waif without any friends that counted, and with just a tiny lump of capital.
