Chapter X · Chapter 10

the part of the day between noon and evening

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

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

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

have

From this reading I'm very poor; you'll have to work: I'm very cross and irascible; you'll have everything to bear: and I've liked many other pretty girls.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Now what do you say?' and she said, 'I'll have you:' and she's been everything to me."

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

travel across or pass over

From this reading I'm very poor; you'll have to work: I'm very cross and irascible; you'll have everything to bear: and I've liked many other pretty girls.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading He says:--"How do you think I offered myself?

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

all things; all of a situation

From this reading I'm very poor; you'll have to work: I'm very cross and irascible; you'll have everything to bear: and I've liked many other pretty girls.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

plural of “girl” — a young female

From this reading I'm very poor; you'll have to work: I'm very cross and irascible; you'll have everything to bear: and I've liked many other pretty girls.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I'm very poor; you'll have to work: I'm very cross and irascible; you'll have everything to bear: and I've liked many other pretty girls.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

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From this reading He says:--"How do you think I offered myself?

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

From this reading He says:--"How do you think I offered myself?

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From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

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From this reading I'm very poor; you'll have to work: I'm very cross and irascible; you'll have everything to bear: and I've liked many other pretty girls.

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From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

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

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

quickly aroused to anger

From this reading I'm very poor; you'll have to work: I'm very cross and irascible; you'll have everything to bear: and I've liked many other pretty girls.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form

From this reading I'm very poor; you'll have to work: I'm very cross and irascible; you'll have everything to bear: and I've liked many other pretty girls.

held dear

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading I'm very poor; you'll have to work: I'm very cross and irascible; you'll have everything to bear: and I've liked many other pretty girls.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Now what do you say?' and she said, 'I'll have you:' and she's been everything to me."

inflected form of “meet” — come together

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

used to form the superlative

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

a form of address for a man

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading He says:--"How do you think I offered myself?

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From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Now what do you say?' and she said, 'I'll have you:' and she's been everything to me."

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

make available or accessible, provide or furnish

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish

From this reading He says:--"How do you think I offered myself?

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading I'm very poor; you'll have to work: I'm very cross and irascible; you'll have everything to bear: and I've liked many other pretty girls.

coated with paint

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading I'm very poor; you'll have to work: I'm very cross and irascible; you'll have everything to bear: and I've liked many other pretty girls.

plural of “portrait” — a word picture of a person's appearance and character

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

From this reading I'm very poor; you'll have to work: I'm very cross and irascible; you'll have everything to bear: and I've liked many other pretty girls.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

express in words

From this reading Now what do you say?' and she said, 'I'll have you:' and she's been everything to me."

plural of “say” — the chance to speak

From this reading He says:--"How do you think I offered myself?

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

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From this reading Now what do you say?' and she said, 'I'll have you:' and she's been everything to me."

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

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

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading He says:--"How do you think I offered myself?

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

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

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

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

precisely as stated

From this reading I'm very poor; you'll have to work: I'm very cross and irascible; you'll have everything to bear: and I've liked many other pretty girls.

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

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading I never had told Miss ---- that I loved her; never told her she was handsome; and I went to her, and said, 'Miss ----, I've come to offer myself; but first I'll give you my character.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Now what do you say?' and she said, 'I'll have you:' and she's been everything to me."

in the company of; together with

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

From this reading * * * * * 'This afternoon we met Mr. ---- in his wood; and he sat down and told us the story of his life, his courtship, and painted the portraits of his father and mother with most amusing naïveté.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading I'm very poor; you'll have to work: I'm very cross and irascible; you'll have everything to bear: and I've liked many other pretty girls.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading He says:--"How do you think I offered myself?

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From this reading I'm very poor; you'll have to work: I'm very cross and irascible; you'll have everything to bear: and I've liked many other pretty girls.