used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
(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 He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
beautifullyadverbUS /ˈbjuːtəfli/
in a beautiful manner
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
Benevenuto's
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From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
BennynounUS /ˈbeni/
East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading He had shining black eyes and hair that curled.
boarding-house
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From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading He was small and dark, and his hands were soft and brown.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Miss Marion, will you me permit to call upon you?”
chummed
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From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
curledadjectiveUS /kɜːrld/
(of hair) making curls or having been made to curl
From this reading He had shining black eyes and hair that curled.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading He was small and dark, and his hands were soft and brown.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
EvansnounUS /ˈevənz/
United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971)
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
opinion or judgment
From this reading He had shining black eyes and hair that curled.
favoritenounUS /ˈfeɪvərɪt/
something regarded with special favor or liking
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
a young female
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
givenadjectiveUS /ˈɡɪvən/
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading He had shining black eyes and hair that curled.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading He was small and dark, and his hands were soft and brown.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was small and dark, and his hands were soft and brown.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was small and dark, and his hands were soft and brown.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
indispensableadjectiveUS /ˌɪndɪˈspensəbəl/
not to be dispensed with; essential
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
Marion
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From this reading “Miss Marion, will you me permit to call upon you?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Miss Marion, will you me permit to call upon you?”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “Miss Marion, will you me permit to call upon you?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading “Miss Marion, will you me permit to call upon you?”
participate in games or sport
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
RosarynounUS /ˈroʊzəri/
a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics)
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading He had shining black eyes and hair that curled.
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He was small and dark, and his hands were soft and brown.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading He was small and dark, and his hands were soft and brown.
with low volume
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
studentsnounUS /ˈstuːdənts/
plural of “student” — a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had shining black eyes and hair that curled.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
in or at that place or location
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Miss Marion, will you me permit to call upon you?”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He was small and dark, and his hands were soft and brown.
at the time that
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
which person or people
From this reading I had been there some time, and Benny and Evans had given way to a girl who was singing in a high voice “The Rosary,” when I heard Benevenuto’s voice speaking softly in my ear:
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Miss Marion, will you me permit to call upon you?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading He could play beautifully, the reason why the students at the boarding-house chummed with him; and then Evans was a great favorite with them all, and the two were indispensable to each other.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Miss Marion, will you me permit to call upon you?”
