used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
perfect or complete or pure
From this reading Fifty years ago in Shetland it was almost absolute.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
in the past
From this reading Fifty years ago in Shetland it was almost absolute.
(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 "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Fifty years ago in Shetland it was almost absolute.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE MAN AT DEATH'S DOOR.
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
From this reading The authority of a father over a child in England and Scotland is still a very decided one.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
confined by bonds
From this reading It must be remembered, however, that Margaret was bound by ties whose strength this generation can hardly conceive.
lacking funds
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It must be remembered, however, that Margaret was bound by ties whose strength this generation can hardly conceive.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading It must be remembered, however, that Margaret was bound by ties whose strength this generation can hardly conceive.
a young person of either sex
From this reading The authority of a father over a child in England and Scotland is still a very decided one.
conceiveverbUS /kənˈsiːv/
have the idea for
From this reading It must be remembered, however, that Margaret was bound by ties whose strength this generation can hardly conceive.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
DEATH'SnounUS /deθs/
possessive form of “death” — the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading THE MAN AT DEATH'S DOOR.
recognizable; marked
From this reading The authority of a father over a child in England and Scotland is still a very decided one.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading THE MAN AT DEATH'S DOOR.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading The authority of a father over a child in England and Scotland is still a very decided one.
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
FanciesnounUS /ˈfænsiz/
plural of “fancy” — something many people believe that is false
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading The authority of a father over a child in England and Scotland is still a very decided one.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading Fifty years ago in Shetland it was almost absolute.
generationnounUS /ˌdʒenərˈeɪʃən/
all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
From this reading It must be remembered, however, that Margaret was bound by ties whose strength this generation can hardly conceive.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
only a very short time before
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading It must be remembered, however, that Margaret was bound by ties whose strength this generation can hardly conceive.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
ignoredadjectiveUS /ˌɪɡˈnɔːrd/
disregarded
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The authority of a father over a child in England and Scotland is still a very decided one.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It must be remembered, however, that Margaret was bound by ties whose strength this generation can hardly conceive.
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading THE MAN AT DEATH'S DOOR.
Margaret
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From this reading It must be remembered, however, that Margaret was bound by ties whose strength this generation can hardly conceive.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
the force of workers available
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It must be remembered, however, that Margaret was bound by ties whose strength this generation can hardly conceive.
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The authority of a father over a child in England and Scotland is still a very decided one.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The authority of a father over a child in England and Scotland is still a very decided one.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The authority of a father over a child in England and Scotland is still a very decided one.
packedadjectiveUS /pækt/
extremely crowed or filled to capacity
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
pitchernounUS /ˈpɪtʃər/
(baseball) the person who does the pitching
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading It must be remembered, however, that Margaret was bound by ties whose strength this generation can hardly conceive.
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
From this reading The authority of a father over a child in England and Scotland is still a very decided one.
shapedadjectiveUS /ʃeɪpt/
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
ShetlandnounUS /ˈʃetlənd/
an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
From this reading Fifty years ago in Shetland it was almost absolute.
not in physical motion
From this reading The authority of a father over a child in England and Scotland is still a very decided one.
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading It must be remembered, however, that Margaret was bound by ties whose strength this generation can hardly conceive.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MAN AT DEATH'S DOOR.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
tiesnounUS /taɪz/
plural of “tie” — neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
From this reading It must be remembered, however, that Margaret was bound by ties whose strength this generation can hardly conceive.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
precisely as stated
From this reading The authority of a father over a child in England and Scotland is still a very decided one.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
belonging to which person
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading "Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped, All I could never be, All men ignored in me, This I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped."
a late time of life
From this reading Fifty years ago in Shetland it was almost absolute.
