Chapter X · Chapter 10

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading She had risen to get a light, and Mrs Snow had followed her from the room.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading She had risen to get a light, and Mrs Snow had followed her from the room.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading "Yes--but do they really think papa is so ill?"

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

From this reading But he needs a rest, and a change--and, my dear, you do that yourself, and I think it's just providential.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

dearly loved

From this reading "Ill? my dear, if the doctor thought him ill would he send him from home?

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "Yes--but do they really think papa is so ill?"

a licensed medical practitioner

From this reading "Ill? my dear, if the doctor thought him ill would he send him from home?

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

having made preparations

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after

From this reading She had risen to get a light, and Mrs Snow had followed her from the room.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading She had risen to get a light, and Mrs Snow had followed her from the room.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading She had risen to get a light, and Mrs Snow had followed her from the room.

destroyed or killed

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading She had risen to get a light, and Mrs Snow had followed her from the room.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "Ill? my dear, if the doctor thought him ill would he send him from home?

give help or assistance; be of service

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading She had risen to get a light, and Mrs Snow had followed her from the room.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Ill? my dear, if the doctor thought him ill would he send him from home?

where you live at a particular time

From this reading "Ill? my dear, if the doctor thought him ill would he send him from home?

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading But he needs a rest, and a change--and, my dear, you do that yourself, and I think it's just providential.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading "Ill? my dear, if the doctor thought him ill would he send him from home?

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading "Yes--but do they really think papa is so ill?"

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "Yes--but do they really think papa is so ill?"

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

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From this reading But he needs a rest, and a change--and, my dear, you do that yourself, and I think it's just providential.

and nothing more

From this reading But he needs a rest, and a change--and, my dear, you do that yourself, and I think it's just providential.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading She had risen to get a light, and Mrs Snow had followed her from the room.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading She had risen to get a light, and Mrs Snow had followed her from the room.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "Ill? my dear, if the doctor thought him ill would he send him from home?

in such a manner as could not be otherwise

From this reading But he needs a rest, and a change--and, my dear, you do that yourself, and I think it's just providential.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

From this reading "Yes--but do they really think papa is so ill?"

a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention

From this reading But he needs a rest, and a change--and, my dear, you do that yourself, and I think it's just providential.

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading "Yes--but do they really think papa is so ill?"

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading But he needs a rest, and a change--and, my dear, you do that yourself, and I think it's just providential.

(of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon

From this reading She had risen to get a light, and Mrs Snow had followed her from the room.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading She had risen to get a light, and Mrs Snow had followed her from the room.

cause to go somewhere

From this reading "Ill? my dear, if the doctor thought him ill would he send him from home?

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She had risen to get a light, and Mrs Snow had followed her from the room.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading She had risen to get a light, and Mrs Snow had followed her from the room.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading "Yes--but do they really think papa is so ill?"

carry out

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading But he needs a rest, and a change--and, my dear, you do that yourself, and I think it's just providential.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading She had risen to get a light, and Mrs Snow had followed her from the room.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "Yes--but do they really think papa is so ill?"

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading "Yes--but do they really think papa is so ill?"

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading "Ill? my dear, if the doctor thought him ill would he send him from home?

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading She had risen to get a light, and Mrs Snow had followed her from the room.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Not but that you could have gone without their help, but this was done in love, and I would fain have you take pleasure in it, as I do."

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading "Ill? my dear, if the doctor thought him ill would he send him from home?

an affirmative

From this reading "Yes--but do they really think papa is so ill?"

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading But he needs a rest, and a change--and, my dear, you do that yourself, and I think it's just providential.

used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action

From this reading But he needs a rest, and a change--and, my dear, you do that yourself, and I think it's just providential.