used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “A gentleman of about fifty, tall and thin, with a long overcoat, coming down to his heels.”
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They knew the catastrophe; and the newspaper lying on the table showed how they had heard it.
besmeared
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From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
bird-of-prey
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From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
catastrophenounUS /kəˈtæstrəfi/
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading They knew the catastrophe; and the newspaper lying on the table showed how they had heard it.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “A gentleman of about fifty, tall and thin, with a long overcoat, coming down to his heels.”
contrastnounUS /ˈkɑːntræst/
the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “A gentleman of about fifty, tall and thin, with a long overcoat, coming down to his heels.”
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading “A gentleman of about fifty, tall and thin, with a long overcoat, coming down to his heels.”
Fortin
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From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
a man of refinement
From this reading “A gentleman of about fifty, tall and thin, with a long overcoat, coming down to his heels.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They knew the catastrophe; and the newspaper lying on the table showed how they had heard it.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading They knew the catastrophe; and the newspaper lying on the table showed how they had heard it.
plural of “heel” — the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
From this reading “A gentleman of about fifty, tall and thin, with a long overcoat, coming down to his heels.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “A gentleman of about fifty, tall and thin, with a long overcoat, coming down to his heels.”
honeyedadjective
with honey added
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
how
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From this reading They knew the catastrophe; and the newspaper lying on the table showed how they had heard it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They knew the catastrophe; and the newspaper lying on the table showed how they had heard it.
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 They knew the catastrophe; and the newspaper lying on the table showed how they had heard it.
largeadjectiveUS /lɑːrdʒ/
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
immediately past
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
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 “A gentleman of about fifty, tall and thin, with a long overcoat, coming down to his heels.”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading They knew the catastrophe; and the newspaper lying on the table showed how they had heard it.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
strongly marked; easily noticeable
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
mistakingnounUS /mɪˈsteɪkɪŋ/
putting the wrong interpretation on
From this reading There was no mistaking their tone.
Mme
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From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
From this reading They knew the catastrophe; and the newspaper lying on the table showed how they had heard it.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no mistaking their tone.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “A gentleman of about fifty, tall and thin, with a long overcoat, coming down to his heels.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They knew the catastrophe; and the newspaper lying on the table showed how they had heard it.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
overcoatnounUS /ˈoʊvərkoʊt/
a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter
From this reading “A gentleman of about fifty, tall and thin, with a long overcoat, coming down to his heels.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading They knew the catastrophe; and the newspaper lying on the table showed how they had heard it.
snuffnounUS /snʌf/
the charred portion of a candlewick
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading They knew the catastrophe; and the newspaper lying on the table showed how they had heard it.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading “A gentleman of about fifty, tall and thin, with a long overcoat, coming down to his heels.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They knew the catastrophe; and the newspaper lying on the table showed how they had heard it.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There was no mistaking their tone.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was no mistaking their tone.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They knew the catastrophe; and the newspaper lying on the table showed how they had heard it.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “A gentleman of about fifty, tall and thin, with a long overcoat, coming down to his heels.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading There was no mistaking their tone.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no mistaking their tone.
which person or people
From this reading “Who?”
belonging to which person
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Some one called to see you last night,” said Mme. Fortin, a large fat woman, whose nose was always besmeared with snuff, and whose honeyed voice made a marked contrast with her bird-of-prey look.
