used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Hush, my child, hush!" said the woman in a low voice, full of deep passionate emotion.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Oh, my poor dear, helpless, motherless, fatherless girl; and I tried so hard--I tried so hard."
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading "Sarah," cried Claude, struggling from the woman's encircling arm, "you don't think--" "This way, please--quick, sir, quick."
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "I never had a child to love--to call me mother.
a young person of either sex
From this reading "Hush, my child, hush!" said the woman in a low voice, full of deep passionate emotion.
Claude
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From this reading "Sarah," cried Claude, struggling from the woman's encircling arm, "you don't think--" "This way, please--quick, sir, quick."
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Sarah," cried Claude, struggling from the woman's encircling arm, "you don't think--" "This way, please--quick, sir, quick."
dearly loved
From this reading Oh, my poor dear, helpless, motherless, fatherless girl; and I tried so hard--I tried so hard."
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading "Hush, my child, hush!" said the woman in a low voice, full of deep passionate emotion.
don't
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From this reading "Sarah," cried Claude, struggling from the woman's encircling arm, "you don't think--" "This way, please--quick, sir, quick."
any strong feeling
From this reading "Hush, my child, hush!" said the woman in a low voice, full of deep passionate emotion.
encirclingadjectiveUS /enˈsɜːrkəlɪŋ/
being all around the edges; enclosing
From this reading "Sarah," cried Claude, struggling from the woman's encircling arm, "you don't think--" "This way, please--quick, sir, quick."
fatherlessadjectiveUS /ˈfɑːðərləs/
having no living father
From this reading Oh, my poor dear, helpless, motherless, fatherless girl; and I tried so hard--I tried so hard."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Sarah," cried Claude, struggling from the woman's encircling arm, "you don't think--" "This way, please--quick, sir, quick."
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading "Hush, my child, hush!" said the woman in a low voice, full of deep passionate emotion.
a young female
From this reading Oh, my poor dear, helpless, motherless, fatherless girl; and I tried so hard--I tried so hard."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "I never had a child to love--to call me mother.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Oh, my poor dear, helpless, motherless, fatherless girl; and I tried so hard--I tried so hard."
lacking in or deprived of strength or power
From this reading Oh, my poor dear, helpless, motherless, fatherless girl; and I tried so hard--I tried so hard."
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading "Hush, my child, hush!" said the woman in a low voice, full of deep passionate emotion.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I never had a child to love--to call me mother.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Hush, my child, hush!" said the woman in a low voice, full of deep passionate emotion.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading "I never had a child to love--to call me mother.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading "Hush, my child, hush!" said the woman in a low voice, full of deep passionate emotion.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I never had a child to love--to call me mother.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "I never had a child to love--to call me mother.
motherlessadjectiveUS /ˈmʌðərlɪs/
having no living or known mother
From this reading Oh, my poor dear, helpless, motherless, fatherless girl; and I tried so hard--I tried so hard."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Hush, my child, hush!" said the woman in a low voice, full of deep passionate emotion.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "I never had a child to love--to call me mother.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Hush, my child, hush!" said the woman in a low voice, full of deep passionate emotion.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, my poor dear, helpless, motherless, fatherless girl; and I tried so hard--I tried so hard."
having or expressing strong emotions
From this reading "Hush, my child, hush!" said the woman in a low voice, full of deep passionate emotion.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "Sarah," cried Claude, struggling from the woman's encircling arm, "you don't think--" "This way, please--quick, sir, quick."
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Oh, my poor dear, helpless, motherless, fatherless girl; and I tried so hard--I tried so hard."
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading "Sarah," cried Claude, struggling from the woman's encircling arm, "you don't think--" "This way, please--quick, sir, quick."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Hush, my child, hush!" said the woman in a low voice, full of deep passionate emotion.
SarahnounUS /ˈserə/
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading "Sarah!"
term of address for a man
From this reading "Sarah," cried Claude, struggling from the woman's encircling arm, "you don't think--" "This way, please--quick, sir, quick."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Oh, my poor dear, helpless, motherless, fatherless girl; and I tried so hard--I tried so hard."
engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity
From this reading "Sarah," cried Claude, struggling from the woman's encircling arm, "you don't think--" "This way, please--quick, sir, quick."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Hush, my child, hush!" said the woman in a low voice, full of deep passionate emotion.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Sarah," cried Claude, struggling from the woman's encircling arm, "you don't think--" "This way, please--quick, sir, quick."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Sarah," cried Claude, struggling from the woman's encircling arm, "you don't think--" "This way, please--quick, sir, quick."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I never had a child to love--to call me mother.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading Oh, my poor dear, helpless, motherless, fatherless girl; and I tried so hard--I tried so hard."
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading "Hush, my child, hush!" said the woman in a low voice, full of deep passionate emotion.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "Sarah," cried Claude, struggling from the woman's encircling arm, "you don't think--" "This way, please--quick, sir, quick."
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "Hush, my child, hush!" said the woman in a low voice, full of deep passionate emotion.
woman'snounUS /ˈwʊmənz/
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "Sarah," cried Claude, struggling from the woman's encircling arm, "you don't think--" "This way, please--quick, sir, quick."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Sarah," cried Claude, struggling from the woman's encircling arm, "you don't think--" "This way, please--quick, sir, quick."
