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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
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From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
(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 _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
bluntlyadverbUS /ˈblʌntli/
in a blunt direct manner
From this reading Felicia need not have put it so bluntly, I think.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
comparative of “easy” — posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
FelicianounUS /fəˈliːʃə/
genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
a young female
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
governessnounUS /ˈɡʌvərnəs/
a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
how
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From this reading I wonder how I shall like it?
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
hunchbackedadjective
characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
go away from a place
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I wonder how I shall like it?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
lordsnounUS /lɔːrdz/
plural of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
engage in
From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
march in a procession
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
plural of “matter” — a vaguely specified concern
From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading Felicia need not have put it so bluntly, I think.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Felicia need not have put it so bluntly, I think.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
parsonagenounUS /ˈpɑːrsənɪdʒ/
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Felicia need not have put it so bluntly, I think.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I wonder how I shall like it?
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
StantonnounUS /ˈstæntən/
United States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902)
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading However, as Felicia says, that is the least part of the matter.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Felicia need not have put it so bluntly, I think.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading That is always her way, but it does not help to make matters easier.
in or at the place that
From this reading _BROTHER AND SISTER._ _March 1, 1637._ SO it is really all settled, and I am to leave this little parsonage, where I have spent all my days hitherto, and go to Stanton Court to live among lords and ladies and to be companion or governess to a poor little hunchbacked girl.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading I wonder how I shall like it?
