Chapter XXXII

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

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serving as an essential component

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

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From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

past form of “deliver” — deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Just why the telharmonium has not made good its promises of popularity I do not know.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

the point or degree to which something extends

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

a prominent attribute or aspect of something

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

acknowledged as a supposition

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading Just why the telharmonium has not made good its promises of popularity I do not know.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Just why the telharmonium has not made good its promises of popularity I do not know.

(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

plural of “horn” — a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

plural of “hotel” — a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

the creation of something in the mind

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Just why the telharmonium has not made good its promises of popularity I do not know.

and nothing more

From this reading Just why the telharmonium has not made good its promises of popularity I do not know.

United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading Just why the telharmonium has not made good its promises of popularity I do not know.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Just why the telharmonium has not made good its promises of popularity I do not know.

at the same time but in another place

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

plural of “megaphone” — a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

characterized by or capable of producing music

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

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From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Just why the telharmonium has not made good its promises of popularity I do not know.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

above and across; more than

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

an organization to gain political power

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

plural of “performer” — an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

plural of “phonograph” — machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

the act of playing a musical instrument

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after

From this reading Just why the telharmonium has not made good its promises of popularity I do not know.

confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

plural of “promise” — a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future

From this reading Just why the telharmonium has not made good its promises of popularity I do not know.

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

change radically

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

similar things placed in order or happening one after another

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

marked by correspondence or resemblance

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

having or showing or requiring special skill

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

relating to human society and its members

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

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From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

inflected form of “supply” — give something useful or necessary to

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

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From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading The music came over the regular telephone wire, and was delivered through a series of horns or megaphones--similar to those used for phonographs--the playing being done, meanwhile, by skilled performers at the central station.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading Just why the telharmonium has not made good its promises of popularity I do not know.

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

in the company of; together with

From this reading AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER I recall two pleasant social events of that winter: one a little party given at the Clemenses' home on New-Year's Eve, with charades and story-telling and music.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.