used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She feared such a transforming, all-consuming love.
acuteadjectiveUS /əˈkjuːt/
having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
From this reading The sensation was acute, poignant, disturbing; the happiness that had possessed her then was too big, too strange; it frightened her.
all-consuming
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From this reading She feared such a transforming, all-consuming love.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
take a court case to a higher court for review
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
Barabant
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From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The sensation was acute, poignant, disturbing; the happiness that had possessed her then was too big, too strange; it frightened her.
confidentadjectiveUS /ˈkɑːnfədənt/
having or marked by confidence or assurance
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
disasternounUS /dɪˈzæstər/
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
From this reading To give herself utterly thus she felt, in her intuitions, would mean only disaster.
disturbingadjectiveUS /dɪˈstɜːrbɪŋ/
causing distress or worry or anxiety
From this reading The sensation was acute, poignant, disturbing; the happiness that had possessed her then was too big, too strange; it frightened her.
any strong feeling
From this reading So she fled from herself, trying to stifle that immense emotion to which she had no right,--so fraught with peril.
past form of “fear” — be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading She feared such a transforming, all-consuming love.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading So she fled from herself, trying to stifle that immense emotion to which she had no right,--so fraught with peril.
fraughtadjectiveUS /frɔːt/
marked by distress
From this reading So she fled from herself, trying to stifle that immense emotion to which she had no right,--so fraught with peril.
made afraid
From this reading The sensation was acute, poignant, disturbing; the happiness that had possessed her then was too big, too strange; it frightened her.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading So she fled from herself, trying to stifle that immense emotion to which she had no right,--so fraught with peril.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading To give herself utterly thus she felt, in her intuitions, would mean only disaster.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading The sensation was acute, poignant, disturbing; the happiness that had possessed her then was too big, too strange; it frightened her.
headlongadverbUS /ˈhedlɔːŋ/
with the head foremost
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading To give herself utterly thus she felt, in her intuitions, would mean only disaster.
idealadjectiveUS /aɪˈdiːl/
conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
past form of “imagine” — form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading So she fled from herself, trying to stifle that immense emotion to which she had no right,--so fraught with peril.
impassionedadjectiveUS /ˌɪmˈpæʃənd/
characterized by intense emotion
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
impetuousadjectiveUS /ˌɪmˈpetʃwəs/
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
intuitions
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From this reading To give herself utterly thus she felt, in her intuitions, would mean only disaster.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The sensation was acute, poignant, disturbing; the happiness that had possessed her then was too big, too strange; it frightened her.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading To give herself utterly thus she felt, in her intuitions, would mean only disaster.
ministeringverbUS /ˈmɪnɪstrɪŋ/
-ing form of “minister” — attend to the wants and needs of others
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
not any; not one
From this reading So she fled from herself, trying to stifle that immense emotion to which she had no right,--so fraught with peril.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
and nothing more
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
perilnounUS /ˈperəl/
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading So she fled from herself, trying to stifle that immense emotion to which she had no right,--so fraught with peril.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
poignantadjectiveUS /ˈpɔɪnjənt/
arousing affect
From this reading The sensation was acute, poignant, disturbing; the happiness that had possessed her then was too big, too strange; it frightened her.
influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion
From this reading The sensation was acute, poignant, disturbing; the happiness that had possessed her then was too big, too strange; it frightened her.
precisely, exactly
From this reading So she fled from herself, trying to stifle that immense emotion to which she had no right,--so fraught with peril.
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
From this reading The sensation was acute, poignant, disturbing; the happiness that had possessed her then was too big, too strange; it frightened her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So she fled from herself, trying to stifle that immense emotion to which she had no right,--so fraught with peril.
stifleverbUS /ˈstaɪfəl/
suppress in order to conceal or hide
From this reading So she fled from herself, trying to stifle that immense emotion to which she had no right,--so fraught with peril.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading The sensation was acute, poignant, disturbing; the happiness that had possessed her then was too big, too strange; it frightened her.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading She feared such a transforming, all-consuming love.
a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The sensation was acute, poignant, disturbing; the happiness that had possessed her then was too big, too strange; it frightened her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The sensation was acute, poignant, disturbing; the happiness that had possessed her then was too big, too strange; it frightened her.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading To give herself utterly thus she felt, in her intuitions, would mean only disaster.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The sensation was acute, poignant, disturbing; the happiness that had possessed her then was too big, too strange; it frightened her.
transformingverbUS /trænˈsfɔːrmɪŋ/
-ing form of “transform” — subject to a mathematical transformation
From this reading She feared such a transforming, all-consuming love.
hard to endure
From this reading So she fled from herself, trying to stifle that immense emotion to which she had no right,--so fraught with peril.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading To give herself utterly thus she felt, in her intuitions, would mean only disaster.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sensation was acute, poignant, disturbing; the happiness that had possessed her then was too big, too strange; it frightened her.
wanting in physical strength
From this reading She had imagined love as impassioned, headlong, and impetuous, and, in the place of this ideal, she felt only the confident, weak appeal of Barabant to her ministering tenderness.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading So she fled from herself, trying to stifle that immense emotion to which she had no right,--so fraught with peril.
in the company of; together with
From this reading So she fled from herself, trying to stifle that immense emotion to which she had no right,--so fraught with peril.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading To give herself utterly thus she felt, in her intuitions, would mean only disaster.
