used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
achingadjectiveUS /ˈeɪkɪŋ/
causing a dull and steady pain
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading She was going away from all this, the green and the flowers, the fields and the woods.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Everything would be quite different--and she was different already--not the same Ann at all....
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
angryadjectiveUS /ˈæŋɡri/
feeling or showing anger
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
Ann
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From this reading Everything would be quite different--and she was different already--not the same Ann at all....
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Everything would be quite different--and she was different already--not the same Ann at all....
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She was going away from all this, the green and the flowers, the fields and the woods.
balmnounUS /bɑːm/
any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Everything would be quite different--and she was different already--not the same Ann at all....
for the reason that
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading She had even forgotten to tell Garvin that she was sure Ben knew that they met, and how dangerous it was for them to go on meeting....
next to; at the side of
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
circledverbUS /ˈsɜːrkəld/
past form of “circle” — travel around something
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading She had even forgotten to tell Garvin that she was sure Ben knew that they met, and how dangerous it was for them to go on meeting....
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading Everything would be quite different--and she was different already--not the same Ann at all....
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
divisible by two
From this reading She had even forgotten to tell Garvin that she was sure Ben knew that they met, and how dangerous it was for them to go on meeting....
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
every person
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything would be quite different--and she was different already--not the same Ann at all....
fearfullyadverb
in fear
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading She was going away from all this, the green and the flowers, the fields and the woods.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading She was going away from all this, the green and the flowers, the fields and the woods.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had even forgotten to tell Garvin that she was sure Ben knew that they met, and how dangerous it was for them to go on meeting....
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She was going away from all this, the green and the flowers, the fields and the woods.
Garvin
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From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
givenadjectiveUS /ˈɡɪvən/
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She had even forgotten to tell Garvin that she was sure Ben knew that they met, and how dangerous it was for them to go on meeting....
the act of departing
From this reading She was going away from all this, the green and the flowers, the fields and the woods.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading She was going away from all this, the green and the flowers, the fields and the woods.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
how
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From this reading She had even forgotten to tell Garvin that she was sure Ben knew that they met, and how dangerous it was for them to go on meeting....
be the source of pain
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had even forgotten to tell Garvin that she was sure Ben knew that they met, and how dangerous it was for them to go on meeting....
JudithnounUS /ˈdʒuːdəθ/
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading She had even forgotten to tell Garvin that she was sure Ben knew that they met, and how dangerous it was for them to go on meeting....
set down according to a plan
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading She had even forgotten to tell Garvin that she was sure Ben knew that they met, and how dangerous it was for them to go on meeting....
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading She had even forgotten to tell Garvin that she was sure Ben knew that they met, and how dangerous it was for them to go on meeting....
momentousadjectiveUS /moʊˈmentəs/
of very great significance
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Everything would be quite different--and she was different already--not the same Ann at all....
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
make a promise or commitment
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading Everything would be quite different--and she was different already--not the same Ann at all....
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Everything would be quite different--and she was different already--not the same Ann at all....
sealedadjectiveUS /siːld/
established irrevocably
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading She had even forgotten to tell Garvin that she was sure Ben knew that they met, and how dangerous it was for them to go on meeting....
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
express in words
From this reading She had even forgotten to tell Garvin that she was sure Ben knew that they met, and how dangerous it was for them to go on meeting....
terriblyadverbUS /ˈterəbli/
used as intensifiers
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had even forgotten to tell Garvin that she was sure Ben knew that they met, and how dangerous it was for them to go on meeting....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She had even forgotten to tell Garvin that she was sure Ben knew that they met, and how dangerous it was for them to go on meeting....
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had even forgotten to tell Garvin that she was sure Ben knew that they met, and how dangerous it was for them to go on meeting....
a special situation
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She was going away from all this, the green and the flowers, the fields and the woods.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
unalterableadjectiveUS /əˈnɔːltərəbəl/
not capable of being changed or altered
From this reading Every thought she had circled about him, and her momentous promise the night before, a thing sealed and unalterable now....
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was going away from all this, the green and the flowers, the fields and the woods.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading She was going away from all this, the green and the flowers, the fields and the woods.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Everything would be quite different--and she was different already--not the same Ann at all....
woundsnounUS /wuːndz/
plural of “wound” — an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading She had been fearfully angry with Judith, and terribly hurt because of Edward, quite beside herself, and all Garvin had said to her had been so sweet, like balm laid on aching wounds--and she had given her promise, forgotten everything and everybody but Garvin and herself.
