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From this reading 7 Bertha de Brévannes occupied one of the places in this box; her husband was behind her.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Bertha had her hair plainly, but most becomingly arranged, and wore a gown of black crape.
admirableadjectiveUS /ˈædmərəbəl/
deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
From this reading Her beautiful chestnut locks, her delicate and transparent skin, her ivory neck and shoulders, were all admirable, and even brilliant.
(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 Her beautiful chestnut locks, her delicate and transparent skin, her ivory neck and shoulders, were all admirable, and even brilliant.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bertha had her hair plainly, but most becomingly arranged, and wore a gown of black crape.
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading Bertha had her hair plainly, but most becomingly arranged, and wore a gown of black crape.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Her beautiful chestnut locks, her delicate and transparent skin, her ivory neck and shoulders, were all admirable, and even brilliant.
becominglyadverb
in a becoming manner
From this reading Bertha had her hair plainly, but most becomingly arranged, and wore a gown of black crape.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading 7 Bertha de Brévannes occupied one of the places in this box; her husband was behind her.
Bertha
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From this reading 7 Bertha de Brévannes occupied one of the places in this box; her husband was behind her.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Bertha had her hair plainly, but most becomingly arranged, and wore a gown of black crape.
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading DRESS CIRCLE.--BOX NO.
of surpassing excellence
From this reading Her beautiful chestnut locks, her delicate and transparent skin, her ivory neck and shoulders, were all admirable, and even brilliant.
Brévannes
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From this reading 7 Bertha de Brévannes occupied one of the places in this box; her husband was behind her.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Bertha had her hair plainly, but most becomingly arranged, and wore a gown of black crape.
chestnutadjectiveUS /ˈtʃesnʌt/
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
From this reading Her beautiful chestnut locks, her delicate and transparent skin, her ivory neck and shoulders, were all admirable, and even brilliant.
ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
From this reading DRESS CIRCLE.--BOX NO.
crapenoun
small very thin pancake
From this reading Bertha had her hair plainly, but most becomingly arranged, and wore a gown of black crape.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading 7 Bertha de Brévannes occupied one of the places in this box; her husband was behind her.
exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
From this reading Her beautiful chestnut locks, her delicate and transparent skin, her ivory neck and shoulders, were all admirable, and even brilliant.
put on clothes
From this reading DRESS CIRCLE.--BOX NO.
divisible by two
From this reading Her beautiful chestnut locks, her delicate and transparent skin, her ivory neck and shoulders, were all admirable, and even brilliant.
a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
From this reading Bertha had her hair plainly, but most becomingly arranged, and wore a gown of black crape.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Bertha had her hair plainly, but most becomingly arranged, and wore a gown of black crape.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading Bertha had her hair plainly, but most becomingly arranged, and wore a gown of black crape.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading 7 Bertha de Brévannes occupied one of the places in this box; her husband was behind her.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading 7 Bertha de Brévannes occupied one of the places in this box; her husband was behind her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 7 Bertha de Brévannes occupied one of the places in this box; her husband was behind her.
ivorynounUS /ˈaɪvəri/
a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
From this reading Her beautiful chestnut locks, her delicate and transparent skin, her ivory neck and shoulders, were all admirable, and even brilliant.
locksnounUS /lɑːks/
plural of “lock” — a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
From this reading Her beautiful chestnut locks, her delicate and transparent skin, her ivory neck and shoulders, were all admirable, and even brilliant.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Bertha had her hair plainly, but most becomingly arranged, and wore a gown of black crape.
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading Her beautiful chestnut locks, her delicate and transparent skin, her ivory neck and shoulders, were all admirable, and even brilliant.
not any; not one
From this reading DRESS CIRCLE.--BOX NO.
held or filled or in use
From this reading 7 Bertha de Brévannes occupied one of the places in this box; her husband was behind her.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 7 Bertha de Brévannes occupied one of the places in this box; her husband was behind her.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading 7 Bertha de Brévannes occupied one of the places in this box; her husband was behind her.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading The two other seats were vacant.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading 7 Bertha de Brévannes occupied one of the places in this box; her husband was behind her.
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading Bertha had her hair plainly, but most becomingly arranged, and wore a gown of black crape.
seatsnounUS /siːts/
an area that includes places where several people can sit
From this reading The two other seats were vacant.
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading Her beautiful chestnut locks, her delicate and transparent skin, her ivory neck and shoulders, were all admirable, and even brilliant.
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading Her beautiful chestnut locks, her delicate and transparent skin, her ivory neck and shoulders, were all admirable, and even brilliant.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 7 Bertha de Brévannes occupied one of the places in this box; her husband was behind her.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 7 Bertha de Brévannes occupied one of the places in this box; her husband was behind her.
transparentadjectiveUS /trænˈsperənt/
transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
From this reading Her beautiful chestnut locks, her delicate and transparent skin, her ivory neck and shoulders, were all admirable, and even brilliant.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The two other seats were vacant.
vacantadjectiveUS /ˈveɪkənt/
void of intelligence or thought
From this reading The two other seats were vacant.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 7 Bertha de Brévannes occupied one of the places in this box; her husband was behind her.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The two other seats were vacant.
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading Bertha had her hair plainly, but most becomingly arranged, and wore a gown of black crape.
