Chapter IV

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

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

gotten through environmental forces

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

further or added

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

(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 The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

past form of “allow” — make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

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

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

an experience that appalls

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

weapons considered collectively

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

for the reason that

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

with bitterness; in a resentful manner

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

take the trouble to do something; concern oneself

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

possessive form of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

the act of buying

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

a person of subnormal intelligence

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

-ing form of “claw” — move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

go ashore

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

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

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

(nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship)

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

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

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

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

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

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

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

a health facility where patients receive treatment

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

ten 10s

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

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

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

incapable of being explained or accounted for

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

in place of, or as an alternative to

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

and nothing more

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

cases used to carry belongings when traveling

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

plural of “lung” — either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

an offspring of a black and a white parent

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

plural of “official” — a worker who holds or is invested with an office

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

and nothing more

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

above and across; more than

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

a raised horizontal surface

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

plural of “porter” — a person employed to carry luggage and supplies

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

make a promise or commitment

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

a harsh noise made by scraping

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

a Spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the English “Mrs” or “madam”

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

transport commercially

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

past form of “smear” — stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

covered with bright patches (often used in combination)

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

the property of being physically or mentally strong

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

carry out

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

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

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading THE CHANGELING He arrived in the arms of his mother, the mulatto nurse having in some inexplicable and inconsiderate fashion acquired measles on the ship coming from their small South American republic.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

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

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

the upper part of anything

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

(informal) small and of little importance

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

From this reading So the senora kept her promise to the officials by buying her ticket thitherward, and Flanders, the bus-driver, arrived just in time to see three porters unload them and their luggage on the small station platform.

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

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

showing sorrow

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.

during the time that

From this reading The senora was weeping bitterly, the powder spattered and smeared all over her pretty, shallow little face; Pancho was clawing and scratching the air, while he shrieked at the top of his lungs--the only part of him that gave any evidence of strength.

which person or people

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

possessive form of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading Having heard of the sanitarium from her sister-in-law's brother's wife's aunt, who had been there herself, and having traveled already over a thousand miles, the additional hundred or so seemed too trivial to bother about.

a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys

From this reading Francisco Enrique Manuel Machado y Rodriguez--Pancho, for short--and his mother were allowed to disembark only because of his appalling lack of health and her promise to take harborage in a hospital instead of a hotel.