used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My mother was in danger and my baby brother dead.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading My mother was in danger and my baby brother dead.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading My father would not let black come near him.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading My mother was in danger and my baby brother dead.
buryverbUS /ˈberi/
cover from sight
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
coffinnounUS /ˈkɔːfɪn/
box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
From this reading Such a tiny coffin, such tiny white wreaths, a little white pall covered with flowers.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading My father would not let black come near him.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading Such a tiny coffin, such tiny white wreaths, a little white pall covered with flowers.
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading My mother was in danger and my baby brother dead.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading My mother was in danger and my baby brother dead.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading My father would not let black come near him.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading Such a tiny coffin, such tiny white wreaths, a little white pall covered with flowers.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
a state of partial or total darkness
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My mother was in danger and my baby brother dead.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
the sound of laughing
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading My father would not let black come near him.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Such a tiny coffin, such tiny white wreaths, a little white pall covered with flowers.
held dear
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading My mother was in danger and my baby brother dead.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My mother was in danger and my baby brother dead.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading My father would not let black come near him.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading My father would not let black come near him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
pallverbUS /pɑːl/
become less interesting or attractive
From this reading Such a tiny coffin, such tiny white wreaths, a little white pall covered with flowers.
plentifuladjectiveUS /ˈplentəfəl/
existing in great number or quantity
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
scaredadjectiveUS /skerd/
made afraid
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
snowdrops
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From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
the season of growth
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such a tiny coffin, such tiny white wreaths, a little white pall covered with flowers.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
in or at that place or location
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
very small
From this reading Such a tiny coffin, such tiny white wreaths, a little white pall covered with flowers.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My mother was in danger and my baby brother dead.
at the time that
From this reading One fine morning, when the snowdrops had grown more plentiful, and there was a faint sign of the coming spring in the air, they took my baby brother to bury him.
a Caucasian
From this reading Such a tiny coffin, such tiny white wreaths, a little white pall covered with flowers.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Such a tiny coffin, such tiny white wreaths, a little white pall covered with flowers.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading The gloom that lay over our house was something never to be forgotten; the silence that was never broken by one laugh or one cheerful word, the scared faces--for every one loved "my lady."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading My father would not let black come near him.
wreathsnounUS /riːθs/
plural of “wreath” — flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
From this reading Such a tiny coffin, such tiny white wreaths, a little white pall covered with flowers.
