past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
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anew
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Ah
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From this reading Ah, no! one can only feel them--bear them--and be crushed by them.
(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 Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Can heartache be written down in words?
have
From this reading Ah, no! one can only feel them--bear them--and be crushed by them.
dearly loved
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
showing who or what does the action
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to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can heartache be written down in words?
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
crushedadjectiveUS /krʌʃt/
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading Ah, no! one can only feel them--bear them--and be crushed by them.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The first day of March.
desolationnounUS /ˌdesəˈleɪʃən/
the state of being decayed or destroyed
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Can heartache be written down in words?
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading Ah, no! one can only feel them--bear them--and be crushed by them.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The first day of March.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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recently made, produced, or harvested
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hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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heartachenounUS /ˈhɑːrteɪk/
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading Can heartache be written down in words?
humanadjectiveUS /ˈhjuːmən/
characteristic of humanity
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Can heartache be written down in words?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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apprehended with certainty
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
set down according to a plan
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lavishadjectiveUS /ˈlævɪʃ/
very generous
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
lonelinessnounUS /ˈloʊnlinəs/
the state of being alone in solitary isolation
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
march in a procession
From this reading The first day of March.
attach a tag or label to
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a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
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belonging to the person speaking
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not any; not one
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not one thing; not anything
From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The first day of March.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
and nothing more
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
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a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
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the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
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a state of acute pain
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The first day of March.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Ah, no! one can only feel them--bear them--and be crushed by them.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
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the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
in spite of the fact that
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an instance or single occasion for some event
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
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uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
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which person or people
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
belonging to which person
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
in the company of; together with
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woefuladjectiveUS /ˈwoʊfəl/
affected by or full of grief or woe
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
woesnounUS /woʊz/
plural of “woe” — misery resulting from affliction
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
the words that are spoken
From this reading Can heartache be written down in words?
the least favorable outcome
From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
produce a literary work
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set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading Can heartache be written down in words?