used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A NOISE AT THE WINDOW.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading Mrs. Gray's countenance grew white with alarm.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
angrilyadverbUS /ˈæŋɡrəli/
with anger
From this reading "Now see what you have done, you black rascal, by wagging your tongue so freely," said Marcy angrily.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A NOISE AT THE WINDOW.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading "Now see what you have done, you black rascal, by wagging your tongue so freely," said Marcy angrily.
the two together, not just one
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
a youthful male person
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Now see what you have done, you black rascal, by wagging your tongue so freely," said Marcy angrily.
the appearance conveyed by a person's face
From this reading Mrs. Gray's countenance grew white with alarm.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "Now see what you have done, you black rascal, by wagging your tongue so freely," said Marcy angrily.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
in a free manner
From this reading "Now see what you have done, you black rascal, by wagging your tongue so freely," said Marcy angrily.
the act of departing
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
Gray'snounUS /ɡreɪz/
possessive form of “gray” — a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading Mrs. Gray's countenance grew white with alarm.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading Mrs. Gray's countenance grew white with alarm.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Now see what you have done, you black rascal, by wagging your tongue so freely," said Marcy angrily.
to a considerable degree
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
inflected form of “hide” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
Marcy
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From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Gray's countenance grew white with alarm.
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading A NOISE AT THE WINDOW.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now see what you have done, you black rascal, by wagging your tongue so freely," said Marcy angrily.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
rascalnounUS /ˈræskəl/
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading "Now see what you have done, you black rascal, by wagging your tongue so freely," said Marcy angrily.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Now see what you have done, you black rascal, by wagging your tongue so freely," said Marcy angrily.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Now see what you have done, you black rascal, by wagging your tongue so freely," said Marcy angrily.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
sobbedverbUS /sɑːbd/
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
son'snounUS /sʌnz/
possessive form of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A NOISE AT THE WINDOW.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading "Now see what you have done, you black rascal, by wagging your tongue so freely," said Marcy angrily.
uninjuredadjectiveUS /əˈnɪndʒərd/
not injured physically or mentally
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
in a violent manner
From this reading She flew down the steps, and throwing both her arms about her son's neck, hid her face on his shoulder and sobbed violently.
waggingverbUS /ˈwæɡɪŋ/
inflected form of “wag” — move from side to side
From this reading "Now see what you have done, you black rascal, by wagging your tongue so freely," said Marcy angrily.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Marcy put his uninjured arm around her, and his mother leaned so heavily upon it that the boy thought she was going to faint.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Now see what you have done, you black rascal, by wagging your tongue so freely," said Marcy angrily.
a Caucasian
From this reading Mrs. Gray's countenance grew white with alarm.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading A NOISE AT THE WINDOW.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Gray's countenance grew white with alarm.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Now see what you have done, you black rascal, by wagging your tongue so freely," said Marcy angrily.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Now see what you have done, you black rascal, by wagging your tongue so freely," said Marcy angrily.
