Chapter II

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

From this reading A COERCED COOK.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

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

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

take a court case to a higher court for review

From this reading In our extremity Mrs. Vernon (my wife) made a last appeal to Minerva.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

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

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

a plant of the genus Trifolium

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

past form of “coerce” — to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

From this reading A COERCED COOK.

prepare a hot meal

From this reading A COERCED COOK.

the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

past form of “count” — determine the number or amount of

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

the act of eating dinner

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

considered likely or probable to happen or arrive

From this reading She went into the kitchen of our New York flat and said, “Minerva, Mamie Logan, the girl we expected to have up at Clover Lodge, has scarlet fever.”

an external body part that projects from the body

From this reading In our extremity Mrs. Vernon (my wife) made a last appeal to Minerva.

a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

From this reading She went into the kitchen of our New York flat and said, “Minerva, Mamie Logan, the girl we expected to have up at Clover Lodge, has scarlet fever.”

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

a young female

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

plural of “girl” — a young female

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

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

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

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

From this reading She went into the kitchen of our New York flat and said, “Minerva, Mamie Logan, the girl we expected to have up at Clover Lodge, has scarlet fever.”

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading She went into the kitchen of our New York flat and said, “Minerva, Mamie Logan, the girl we expected to have up at Clover Lodge, has scarlet fever.”

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

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

engage or hire for work

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

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

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

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

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading She went into the kitchen of our New York flat and said, “Minerva, Mamie Logan, the girl we expected to have up at Clover Lodge, has scarlet fever.”

a room equipped for preparing meals

From this reading She went into the kitchen of our New York flat and said, “Minerva, Mamie Logan, the girl we expected to have up at Clover Lodge, has scarlet fever.”

immediately past

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

having or showing profound knowledge

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

be a lodger; stay temporarily

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high)

From this reading She went into the kitchen of our New York flat and said, “Minerva, Mamie Logan, the girl we expected to have up at Clover Lodge, has scarlet fever.”

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading In our extremity Mrs. Vernon (my wife) made a last appeal to Minerva.

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From this reading She went into the kitchen of our New York flat and said, “Minerva, Mamie Logan, the girl we expected to have up at Clover Lodge, has scarlet fever.”

(Roman mythology) goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek Athena

From this reading In our extremity Mrs. Vernon (my wife) made a last appeal to Minerva.

a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading In our extremity Mrs. Vernon (my wife) made a last appeal to Minerva.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading In our extremity Mrs. Vernon (my wife) made a last appeal to Minerva.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading She went into the kitchen of our New York flat and said, “Minerva, Mamie Logan, the girl we expected to have up at Clover Lodge, has scarlet fever.”

and nothing more

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

inflected form of “prefer” — like better; value more highly

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading She went into the kitchen of our New York flat and said, “Minerva, Mamie Logan, the girl we expected to have up at Clover Lodge, has scarlet fever.”

a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

work done by one person or group that benefits another

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

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

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

do one's shopping

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

(of a nose) blocked

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

a kitchen appliance used for cooking food

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

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

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

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

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

moved around an axis or center

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading She went into the kitchen of our New York flat and said, “Minerva, Mamie Logan, the girl we expected to have up at Clover Lodge, has scarlet fever.”

a formal word for “on”

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In our extremity Mrs. Vernon (my wife) made a last appeal to Minerva.

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

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

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

From this reading She went into the kitchen of our New York flat and said, “Minerva, Mamie Logan, the girl we expected to have up at Clover Lodge, has scarlet fever.”

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

at the time that

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading In our extremity Mrs. Vernon (my wife) made a last appeal to Minerva.

the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

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

From this reading AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Minerva was blacking the stove (as I could see from the dining room), but she stopped and turned around as she always did when her mistress spoke to her, and said “Yas’m.”

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading She went into the kitchen of our New York flat and said, “Minerva, Mamie Logan, the girl we expected to have up at Clover Lodge, has scarlet fever.”