used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Virginia, being so completely one with him, had caught it from him as one catches a disease.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
(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 walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
alterverbUS /ˈɔːltər/
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Virginia, being so completely one with him, had caught it from him as one catches a disease.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The disease wasn’t part of Virginia; it would go, and she would be as she was before.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The disease wasn’t part of Virginia; it would go, and she would be as she was before.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Virginia, being so completely one with him, had caught it from him as one catches a disease.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
catchesnounUS /ˈkætʃəz/
plural of “catch” — a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
From this reading Virginia, being so completely one with him, had caught it from him as one catches a disease.
CatherinenounUS /ˈkæθərən/
first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
From this reading Catherine, however, would not stay a minute longer than Monday morning.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Virginia, being so completely one with him, had caught it from him as one catches a disease.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading Virginia, being so completely one with him, had caught it from him as one catches a disease.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
diseasenounUS /dɪˈziːz/
an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
From this reading Virginia, being so completely one with him, had caught it from him as one catches a disease.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Virginia, being so completely one with him, had caught it from him as one catches a disease.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The disease wasn’t part of Virginia; it would go, and she would be as she was before.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Virginia, being so completely one with him, had caught it from him as one catches a disease.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Virginia, being so completely one with him, had caught it from him as one catches a disease.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Catherine, however, would not stay a minute longer than Monday morning.
be the source of pain
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
for more time
From this reading Catherine, however, would not stay a minute longer than Monday morning.
engage in
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading Catherine, however, would not stay a minute longer than Monday morning.
MondaynounUS /ˈmʌndi/
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading Catherine, however, would not stay a minute longer than Monday morning.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Catherine, however, would not stay a minute longer than Monday morning.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Catherine, however, would not stay a minute longer than Monday morning.
being perceived or observed
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Virginia, being so completely one with him, had caught it from him as one catches a disease.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading The disease wasn’t part of Virginia; it would go, and she would be as she was before.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
sardonicadjectiveUS /sɑːrˈdɑːnɪk/
disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Virginia, being so completely one with him, had caught it from him as one catches a disease.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Catherine, however, would not stay a minute longer than Monday morning.
StephennounUS /ˈstiːvən/
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Catherine, however, would not stay a minute longer than Monday morning.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The disease wasn’t part of Virginia; it would go, and she would be as she was before.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
a special situation
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
tiredadjectiveUS /ˈtaɪərd/
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
(usually followed by “to”) not having the necessary means or skill or know-how
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
precisely as stated
From this reading She would have liked to go away the very next day, but to alter her announced intention now might make Virginia afraid her mother had noticed something, and then she would be so unhappy, poor little thing, thinking she had hurt her.
VirginianounUS /vərˈdʒɪnjə/
a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
wasn't
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From this reading She walked among them in silence, unable to feel sardonic long, and telling herself that it wasn’t <i>really</i> true that Virginia was tired of her, for it wasn’t Virginia at all,--it was Stephen.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Virginia, being so completely one with him, had caught it from him as one catches a disease.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The disease wasn’t part of Virginia; it would go, and she would be as she was before.
