used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading MURIEL woke up to a new poverty and an extra ten thousand a year.
speak to
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
(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 She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading MURIEL woke up to a new poverty and an extra ten thousand a year.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “This cold, clay clod was man’s heart: Crumble it, and what comes next?—Is it God?”
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The latter scarcely passed through her mind, but the former made her terribly lonely.
claynounUS /kleɪ/
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading “This cold, clay clod was man’s heart: Crumble it, and what comes next?—Is it God?”
clodnoun
a compact mass
From this reading “This cold, clay clod was man’s heart: Crumble it, and what comes next?—Is it God?”
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading “This cold, clay clod was man’s heart: Crumble it, and what comes next?—Is it God?”
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “This cold, clay clod was man’s heart: Crumble it, and what comes next?—Is it God?”
CrumbleverbUS /ˈkrʌmbəl/
fall apart
From this reading “This cold, clay clod was man’s heart: Crumble it, and what comes next?—Is it God?”
Cynthia'snounUS /ˈsɪnθiəz/
possessive form of “cynthia” — (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
extraadjectiveUS /ˈekstrə/
more than is needed, desired, or required
From this reading MURIEL woke up to a new poverty and an extra ten thousand a year.
referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)
From this reading The latter scarcely passed through her mind, but the former made her terribly lonely.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “This cold, clay clod was man’s heart: Crumble it, and what comes next?—Is it God?”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
handwritingnounUS /ˈhændraɪtɪŋ/
something written by hand
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “This cold, clay clod was man’s heart: Crumble it, and what comes next?—Is it God?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The latter scarcely passed through her mind, but the former made her terribly lonely.
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This cold, clay clod was man’s heart: Crumble it, and what comes next?—Is it God?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “This cold, clay clod was man’s heart: Crumble it, and what comes next?—Is it God?”
referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)
From this reading The latter scarcely passed through her mind, but the former made her terribly lonely.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Now there seemed nothing left, and the world a vast cold place void of personality.
the literary culture
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading The latter scarcely passed through her mind, but the former made her terribly lonely.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The latter scarcely passed through her mind, but the former made her terribly lonely.
man'snounUS /mænz/
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “This cold, clay clod was man’s heart: Crumble it, and what comes next?—Is it God?”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading The latter scarcely passed through her mind, but the former made her terribly lonely.
MURIEL
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From this reading MURIEL woke up to a new poverty and an extra ten thousand a year.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading MURIEL woke up to a new poverty and an extra ten thousand a year.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “This cold, clay clod was man’s heart: Crumble it, and what comes next?—Is it God?”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Now there seemed nothing left, and the world a vast cold place void of personality.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now there seemed nothing left, and the world a vast cold place void of personality.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Now there seemed nothing left, and the world a vast cold place void of personality.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading The latter scarcely passed through her mind, but the former made her terribly lonely.
personalitynounUS /ˌpɜːrsəˈnælɪti/
the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
From this reading Now there seemed nothing left, and the world a vast cold place void of personality.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Now there seemed nothing left, and the world a vast cold place void of personality.
affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
From this reading MURIEL woke up to a new poverty and an extra ten thousand a year.
recurring again and again
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
only a very short time before
From this reading The latter scarcely passed through her mind, but the former made her terribly lonely.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Now there seemed nothing left, and the world a vast cold place void of personality.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading MURIEL woke up to a new poverty and an extra ten thousand a year.
terriblyadverbUS /ˈterəbli/
used as intensifiers
From this reading The latter scarcely passed through her mind, but the former made her terribly lonely.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The latter scarcely passed through her mind, but the former made her terribly lonely.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Now there seemed nothing left, and the world a vast cold place void of personality.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This cold, clay clod was man’s heart: Crumble it, and what comes next?—Is it God?”
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading MURIEL woke up to a new poverty and an extra ten thousand a year.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The latter scarcely passed through her mind, but the former made her terribly lonely.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MURIEL woke up to a new poverty and an extra ten thousand a year.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading MURIEL woke up to a new poverty and an extra ten thousand a year.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading Now there seemed nothing left, and the world a vast cold place void of personality.
voidadjectiveUS /vɔɪd/
lacking any legal or binding force
From this reading Now there seemed nothing left, and the world a vast cold place void of personality.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This cold, clay clod was man’s heart: Crumble it, and what comes next?—Is it God?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “This cold, clay clod was man’s heart: Crumble it, and what comes next?—Is it God?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
wokeverbUS /woʊk/
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading MURIEL woke up to a new poverty and an extra ten thousand a year.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading She repeated three times over during a hurried, lonely breakfast that she had her work, and the post brought her two letters, one with Cynthia’s Paris address, the other in a handwriting that drew all the blood to her heart.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Now there seemed nothing left, and the world a vast cold place void of personality.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading MURIEL woke up to a new poverty and an extra ten thousand a year.
