Chapter I · Chapter 1

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From this reading One dozen gent.'s all-silk pyjamas, extra large size" ...

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

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Barbara wished she would come back.

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From this reading Barbara wished she would come back.

plural of “biscuit” — small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda

From this reading Twelve pounds of Spratt's puppy biscuits.

a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

flutter like a butterfly

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

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

From this reading Barbara wished she would come back.

exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

From this reading The song mixes itself up with the Stores list Barbara was making: "Two dozen glass towels.

more than is needed, desired, or required

From this reading One dozen gent.'s all-silk pyjamas, extra large size" ...

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

informal abbreviation of “gentleman”

From this reading One dozen gent.'s all-silk pyjamas, extra large size" ...

a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure

From this reading The song mixes itself up with the Stores list Barbara was making: "Two dozen glass towels.

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

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

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

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

-ing form of “hover” — be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

a humming noise

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

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

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading The song mixes itself up with the Stores list Barbara was making: "Two dozen glass towels.

(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading One dozen gent.'s all-silk pyjamas, extra large size" ...

immediately past

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of

From this reading The song mixes itself up with the Stores list Barbara was making: "Two dozen glass towels.

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From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

the act that results in something coming to be

From this reading The song mixes itself up with the Stores list Barbara was making: "Two dozen glass towels.

plural of “mix” — a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients

From this reading The song mixes itself up with the Stores list Barbara was making: "Two dozen glass towels.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading One dozen gent.'s all-silk pyjamas, extra large size" ...

To move from a closed position.

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

above and across; more than

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

a light shade of red

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

plural of “pound” — 16 ounces avoirdupois

From this reading Twelve pounds of Spratt's puppy biscuits.

a young dog

From this reading Twelve pounds of Spratt's puppy biscuits.

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From this reading One dozen gent.'s all-silk pyjamas, extra large size" ...

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

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

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading One dozen gent.'s all-silk pyjamas, extra large size" ...

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

From this reading Barbara wished she would come back.

the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)

From this reading One dozen gent.'s all-silk pyjamas, extra large size" ...

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

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

a short musical composition with words

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

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From this reading Twelve pounds of Spratt's puppy biscuits.

plural of “store” — a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

From this reading The song mixes itself up with the Stores list Barbara was making: "Two dozen glass towels.

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

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

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

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

plural of “towel” — a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping

From this reading The song mixes itself up with the Stores list Barbara was making: "Two dozen glass towels.

plural of “tulip” — any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

From this reading Twelve pounds of Spratt's puppy biscuits.

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

From this reading The song mixes itself up with the Stores list Barbara was making: "Two dozen glass towels.

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

From this reading The song mixes itself up with the Stores list Barbara was making: "Two dozen glass towels.

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From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

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

From this reading The song mixes itself up with the Stores list Barbara was making: "Two dozen glass towels.

a Caucasian

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish

From this reading Barbara wished she would come back.

in the company of; together with

From this reading For the last hour Fanny Waddington had kept on passing in and out of the room through the open door into the garden, bringing in tulips, white, pink, and red tulips, for the flowered Lowestoft bowls, hovering over them, caressing them with her delicate butterfly fingers, humming some sort of song to herself.

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

From this reading Barbara wished she would come back.