used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading She fell back at once, weighed down with sleep, smiled once more, murmured.
a young person of either sex
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
Don't
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From this reading "Don't look at me.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading She fell back at once, weighed down with sleep, smiled once more, murmured.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
opinion or judgment
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading She fell back at once, weighed down with sleep, smiled once more, murmured.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
I'm
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From this reading I'm ugly...."
free from evil or guilt
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
lidsnounUS /lɪdz/
plural of “lid” — either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Don't look at me.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Don't look at me.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading She fell back at once, weighed down with sleep, smiled once more, murmured.
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading She fell back at once, weighed down with sleep, smiled once more, murmured.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
on one occasion
From this reading She fell back at once, weighed down with sleep, smiled once more, murmured.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
scannedverbUS /skænd/
inflected form of “scan” — examine minutely or intensely
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
scrutinynounUS /ˈskruːtəni/
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading She fell back at once, weighed down with sleep, smiled once more, murmured.
sleepernounUS /ˈsliːpər/
a rester who is sleeping
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading She fell back at once, weighed down with sleep, smiled once more, murmured.
stammering
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From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
displeasing to the senses
From this reading I'm ugly...."
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
unkindnessnoun
lack of sympathy
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
wakingadjectiveUS /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading Uneasy under his scrutiny she made a great effort to raise her heavy lids and to smile: and she said, stammering a little like a waking child:
weighedverbUS /weɪd/
past form of “weigh” — have a certain weight
From this reading She fell back at once, weighed down with sleep, smiled once more, murmured.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And while he leaned over the innocent sleeper and scanned her face, and looked at her with eyes of unkindness, she felt his eyes upon her.
