used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading COLONEL PRESTON'S WILL Mrs. Preston was a cold woman, and was far from being a devoted wife.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading COLONEL PRESTON'S WILL Mrs. Preston was a cold woman, and was far from being a devoted wife.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading COLONEL PRESTON'S WILL Mrs. Preston was a cold woman, and was far from being a devoted wife.
bestowverbUS /bɪˈstoʊ/
present
From this reading She was too selfish for that supreme love which some women bestow upon their husbands.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Still, when Colonel Preston's lifeless form was brought into the house, she did experience a violent shock.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But this was not for long.
callousadjectiveUS /ˈkæləs/
emotionally hardened
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading COLONEL PRESTON'S WILL Mrs. Preston was a cold woman, and was far from being a devoted wife.
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading COLONEL PRESTON'S WILL Mrs. Preston was a cold woman, and was far from being a devoted wife.
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
zealous in devotion or affection
From this reading COLONEL PRESTON'S WILL Mrs. Preston was a cold woman, and was far from being a devoted wife.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Still, when Colonel Preston's lifeless form was brought into the house, she did experience a violent shock.
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading Still, when Colonel Preston's lifeless form was brought into the house, she did experience a violent shock.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading COLONEL PRESTON'S WILL Mrs. Preston was a cold woman, and was far from being a devoted wife.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She was too selfish for that supreme love which some women bestow upon their husbands.
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading Still, when Colonel Preston's lifeless form was brought into the house, she did experience a violent shock.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading COLONEL PRESTON'S WILL Mrs. Preston was a cold woman, and was far from being a devoted wife.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Still, when Colonel Preston's lifeless form was brought into the house, she did experience a violent shock.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
husbandsnounUS /ˈhʌzbəndz/
plural of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading She was too selfish for that supreme love which some women bestow upon their husbands.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Still, when Colonel Preston's lifeless form was brought into the house, she did experience a violent shock.
lifelessadjectiveUS /ˈlaɪfləs/
deprived of life; no longer living
From this reading Still, when Colonel Preston's lifeless form was brought into the house, she did experience a violent shock.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading But this was not for long.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading She was too selfish for that supreme love which some women bestow upon their husbands.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
used to form the superlative
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading COLONEL PRESTON'S WILL Mrs. Preston was a cold woman, and was far from being a devoted wife.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But this was not for long.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
Preston
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From this reading COLONEL PRESTON'S WILL Mrs. Preston was a cold woman, and was far from being a devoted wife.
PRESTON'S
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From this reading COLONEL PRESTON'S WILL Mrs. Preston was a cold woman, and was far from being a devoted wife.
selfishadjectiveUS /ˈselfɪʃ/
concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
From this reading She was too selfish for that supreme love which some women bestow upon their husbands.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was too selfish for that supreme love which some women bestow upon their husbands.
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading Still, when Colonel Preston's lifeless form was brought into the house, she did experience a violent shock.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading She was too selfish for that supreme love which some women bestow upon their husbands.
not in physical motion
From this reading Still, when Colonel Preston's lifeless form was brought into the house, she did experience a violent shock.
supremeadjectiveUS /səˈpriːm/
final or last in your life or progress
From this reading She was too selfish for that supreme love which some women bestow upon their husbands.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was too selfish for that supreme love which some women bestow upon their husbands.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Still, when Colonel Preston's lifeless form was brought into the house, she did experience a violent shock.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She was too selfish for that supreme love which some women bestow upon their husbands.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this was not for long.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading She was too selfish for that supreme love which some women bestow upon their husbands.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
unexpectedlyadverbUS /ˌʌnɪkˈspektɪdli/
in a way that was not expected
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She was too selfish for that supreme love which some women bestow upon their husbands.
acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
From this reading Still, when Colonel Preston's lifeless form was brought into the house, she did experience a violent shock.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading COLONEL PRESTON'S WILL Mrs. Preston was a cold woman, and was far from being a devoted wife.
(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 To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
at the time that
From this reading Still, when Colonel Preston's lifeless form was brought into the house, she did experience a violent shock.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She was too selfish for that supreme love which some women bestow upon their husbands.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading COLONEL PRESTON'S WILL Mrs. Preston was a cold woman, and was far from being a devoted wife.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading COLONEL PRESTON'S WILL Mrs. Preston was a cold woman, and was far from being a devoted wife.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading COLONEL PRESTON'S WILL Mrs. Preston was a cold woman, and was far from being a devoted wife.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading She was too selfish for that supreme love which some women bestow upon their husbands.
a late time of life
From this reading To have the companion of nearly twenty years so unexpectedly taken away might well touch the most callous, and so, for a few minutes, Mrs. Preston forgot herself and thought of her husband.
