used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
in the past
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
anticipatedadjectiveUS /ænˈtɪsəpeɪtɪd/
expected hopefully
From this reading WHO could ever have anticipated this?
one or some or every or all without specification
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aristocraticallyadverb
in an aristocratic manner
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I sit on this perfectly ghastly little bed, narrow and hard as any stone tomb in a church.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading I sit on this perfectly ghastly little bed, narrow and hard as any stone tomb in a church.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading I can hardly believe it myself, even yet.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I can hardly believe it myself, even yet.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
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being joined in close association
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading WHO could ever have anticipated this?
dreamtverbUS /drɛmt/
Experienced dreams during sleep.
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
divisible by two
From this reading I can hardly believe it myself, even yet.
at any time
From this reading WHO could ever have anticipated this?
ghastlyadjectiveUS /ˈɡæstli/
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
From this reading I sit on this perfectly ghastly little bed, narrow and hard as any stone tomb in a church.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
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only a very short time before
From this reading I can hardly believe it myself, even yet.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading WHO could ever have anticipated this?
heiressnounUS /ˈerəs/
a female heir
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
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 I sit on this perfectly ghastly little bed, narrow and hard as any stone tomb in a church.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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lady's-maid
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From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
immediately past
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
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past form of “lock” — fasten with a lock
From this reading LOCKED UP!
MillionnounUS /ˈmɪljən/
the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
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fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
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make or become more narrow or restricted
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the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
touching and supported by a surface
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used to join alternatives or possibilities
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
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Sausage-King's
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be seated
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use up a period of time in a specific way
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a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading WHO could ever have anticipated this?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
tombnounUS /tuːm/
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
From this reading I sit on this perfectly ghastly little bed, narrow and hard as any stone tomb in a church.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading LOCKED UP!
in or at the place that
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
which person or people
From this reading WHO could ever have anticipated this?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Who would have dreamt, a night or two ago, of where Miss Million, the American Sausage-King's heiress, and her aristocratically connected lady's-maid would have had to spend last night?
but in spite of that
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