used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But to convince you of the virtues of the Rose, entreat Bonne-Biche to give you one and see what she will say.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading "I will explain this to you another day, Blondine.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Now I can tell you no more, as I hear Bonne-Biche coming.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The Parrot flew away, well content to have scattered in Blondine's heart the first seeds of discontent and ingratitude.
Blondine
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From this reading "I will explain this to you another day, Blondine.
Blondine's
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From this reading The Parrot flew away, well content to have scattered in Blondine's heart the first seeds of discontent and ingratitude.
Bonne-Biche
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From this reading Now I can tell you no more, as I hear Bonne-Biche coming.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But to convince you of the virtues of the Rose, entreat Bonne-Biche to give you one and see what she will say.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Now I can tell you no more, as I hear Bonne-Biche coming.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Now I can tell you no more, as I hear Bonne-Biche coming.
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading The Parrot flew away, well content to have scattered in Blondine's heart the first seeds of discontent and ingratitude.
convinceverbUS /kənˈvɪns/
make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
From this reading But to convince you of the virtues of the Rose, entreat Bonne-Biche to give you one and see what she will say.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "I will explain this to you another day, Blondine.
discontentnounUS /dɪskənˈtent/
a longing for something better than the present situation
From this reading The Parrot flew away, well content to have scattered in Blondine's heart the first seeds of discontent and ingratitude.
entreatverb
ask for or request earnestly
From this reading But to convince you of the virtues of the Rose, entreat Bonne-Biche to give you one and see what she will say.
make plain and comprehensible
From this reading "I will explain this to you another day, Blondine.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The Parrot flew away, well content to have scattered in Blondine's heart the first seeds of discontent and ingratitude.
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading The Parrot flew away, well content to have scattered in Blondine's heart the first seeds of discontent and ingratitude.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading But to convince you of the virtues of the Rose, entreat Bonne-Biche to give you one and see what she will say.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The Parrot flew away, well content to have scattered in Blondine's heart the first seeds of discontent and ingratitude.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Now I can tell you no more, as I hear Bonne-Biche coming.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading The Parrot flew away, well content to have scattered in Blondine's heart the first seeds of discontent and ingratitude.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I will explain this to you another day, Blondine.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Parrot flew away, well content to have scattered in Blondine's heart the first seeds of discontent and ingratitude.
ingratitudenoun
a lack of gratitude
From this reading The Parrot flew away, well content to have scattered in Blondine's heart the first seeds of discontent and ingratitude.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Now I can tell you no more, as I hear Bonne-Biche coming.
not any; not one
From this reading Now I can tell you no more, as I hear Bonne-Biche coming.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now I can tell you no more, as I hear Bonne-Biche coming.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But to convince you of the virtues of the Rose, entreat Bonne-Biche to give you one and see what she will say.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But to convince you of the virtues of the Rose, entreat Bonne-Biche to give you one and see what she will say.
ParrotnounUS /ˈperət/
usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
From this reading The Parrot flew away, well content to have scattered in Blondine's heart the first seeds of discontent and ingratitude.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading But to convince you of the virtues of the Rose, entreat Bonne-Biche to give you one and see what she will say.
express in words
From this reading But to convince you of the virtues of the Rose, entreat Bonne-Biche to give you one and see what she will say.
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading The Parrot flew away, well content to have scattered in Blondine's heart the first seeds of discontent and ingratitude.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading But to convince you of the virtues of the Rose, entreat Bonne-Biche to give you one and see what she will say.
seedsnounUS /siːdz/
plural of “seed” — a small hard fruit
From this reading The Parrot flew away, well content to have scattered in Blondine's heart the first seeds of discontent and ingratitude.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But to convince you of the virtues of the Rose, entreat Bonne-Biche to give you one and see what she will say.
express in words
From this reading Now I can tell you no more, as I hear Bonne-Biche coming.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But to convince you of the virtues of the Rose, entreat Bonne-Biche to give you one and see what she will say.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "I will explain this to you another day, Blondine.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I will explain this to you another day, Blondine.
To-morrow
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From this reading To-morrow--to-morrow, Blondine!"
virtuesnounUS /ˈvɜːrtʃuːz/
plural of “virtue” — the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
From this reading But to convince you of the virtues of the Rose, entreat Bonne-Biche to give you one and see what she will say.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading The Parrot flew away, well content to have scattered in Blondine's heart the first seeds of discontent and ingratitude.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But to convince you of the virtues of the Rose, entreat Bonne-Biche to give you one and see what she will say.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "I will explain this to you another day, Blondine.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I will explain this to you another day, Blondine.
