used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Margaret Ormsby was a natural product of her age and of American social life in our times.
abilitynounUS /əˈbɪlətiː/
the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
From this reading Added to these things she had, without the least knowledge of life, a vigorous and rather high handed confidence in her ability to meet life.
tending to become more severe or wider in scope
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading Added to these things she had, without the least knowledge of life, a vigorous and rather high handed confidence in her ability to meet life.
how long something has existed
From this reading Margaret Ormsby was a natural product of her age and of American social life in our times.
in addition
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading Margaret Ormsby was a natural product of her age and of American social life in our times.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading As an individual she was lovely.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Margaret Ormsby was a natural product of her age and of American social life in our times.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As an individual she was lovely.
beautifullyadverbUS /ˈbjuːtəfli/
in a beautiful manner
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
clothing in general
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
From this reading Added to these things she had, without the least knowledge of life, a vigorous and rather high handed confidence in her ability to meet life.
a female human offspring
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
defeatnounUS /dɪˈfiːt/
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
distinctionnounUS /dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/
a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
earlyadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrli/
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
to come or go into
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
expensiveadjectiveUS /ɪkˈspensɪv/
high in price or charging high prices
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
a young female
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
having or involving the use of hands
From this reading Added to these things she had, without the least knowledge of life, a vigorous and rather high handed confidence in her ability to meet life.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Margaret Ormsby was a natural product of her age and of American social life in our times.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Added to these things she had, without the least knowledge of life, a vigorous and rather high handed confidence in her ability to meet life.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
how
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From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Margaret Ormsby was a natural product of her age and of American social life in our times.
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading As an individual she was lovely.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading Added to these things she had, without the least knowledge of life, a vigorous and rather high handed confidence in her ability to meet life.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
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 Added to these things she had, without the least knowledge of life, a vigorous and rather high handed confidence in her ability to meet life.
go away from a place
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Margaret Ormsby was a natural product of her age and of American social life in our times.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading As an individual she was lovely.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
Margaret
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From this reading Margaret Ormsby was a natural product of her age and of American social life in our times.
come together
From this reading Added to these things she had, without the least knowledge of life, a vigorous and rather high handed confidence in her ability to meet life.
and nothing more
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
From this reading Margaret Ormsby was a natural product of her age and of American social life in our times.
not any; not one
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
obscuritynounUS /əbsˈkjʊrəti/
the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Margaret Ormsby was a natural product of her age and of American social life in our times.
Ormsby
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From this reading Margaret Ormsby was a natural product of her age and of American social life in our times.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Margaret Ormsby was a natural product of her age and of American social life in our times.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
ploughnounUS /plaʊ/
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
productnounUS /ˈprɑːdəkt/
commodities offered for sale
From this reading Margaret Ormsby was a natural product of her age and of American social life in our times.
with low volume
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
on the contrary
From this reading Added to these things she had, without the least knowledge of life, a vigorous and rather high handed confidence in her ability to meet life.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As an individual she was lovely.
relating to human society and its members
From this reading Margaret Ormsby was a natural product of her age and of American social life in our times.
be standing; be upright
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Added to these things she had, without the least knowledge of life, a vigorous and rather high handed confidence in her ability to meet life.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Added to these things she had, without the least knowledge of life, a vigorous and rather high handed confidence in her ability to meet life.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading Margaret Ormsby was a natural product of her age and of American social life in our times.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
trainedadjectiveUS /treɪnd/
shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
Vassar
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From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
vigorousadjectiveUS /ˈvɪɡərəs/
characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity
From this reading Added to these things she had, without the least knowledge of life, a vigorous and rather high handed confidence in her ability to meet life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Margaret Ormsby was a natural product of her age and of American social life in our times.
the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading The girl had been sent to Vassar, she had been taught to catch the fine distinction between clothes that are quietly and beautifully expensive and clothes that merely look expensive, she knew how to enter a room and how to leave a room and had also a strong well trained body and an active mind.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Although her father David Ormsby the plough king had come up to his position and his wealth out of obscurity and poverty and had known during his early life what it was to stand face to face with defeat, he had made it his business to see that his daughter had no such experience.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Added to these things she had, without the least knowledge of life, a vigorous and rather high handed confidence in her ability to meet life.
