Chapter XII · Chapter 12

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

later than; following

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

causing irritation or annoyance

From this reading I need not say how annoying it is to hear these things from one's former servants.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

have

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

be owned by; be in the possession of

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

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From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

the two together, not just one

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

Following continuously in unbroken sequence.

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

a pair who associate with one another

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

bring shame or dishonor upon

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

unrestrained by convention or morality

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

a social unit living together

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

-ing form of “fear” — be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)

From this reading I need not say how annoying it is to hear these things from one's former servants.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

the act of acquiring something

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading I need not say how annoying it is to hear these things from one's former servants.

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I need not say how annoying it is to hear these things from one's former servants.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading I need not say how annoying it is to hear these things from one's former servants.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

in order that something should not happen

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

the literary culture

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

a condition requiring relief

From this reading I need not say how annoying it is to hear these things from one's former servants.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I need not say how annoying it is to hear these things from one's former servants.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

a note appended to a letter after the signature

From this reading Then there was a postscript.

To recall to mind.

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

free from danger or the risk of harm

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

express in words

From this reading I need not say how annoying it is to hear these things from one's former servants.

plural of “say” — the chance to speak

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

plural of “servant” — a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

From this reading I need not say how annoying it is to hear these things from one's former servants.

(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

have in common

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Then there was a postscript.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Then there was a postscript.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading I need not say how annoying it is to hear these things from one's former servants.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading I need not say how annoying it is to hear these things from one's former servants.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

up to a particular time

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Then there was a postscript.

structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

which person or people

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Both Henry and I trust that you are not already getting into dissipated ways, and that you will remember that you belong to a respectable family, which will have to bear a large share of any disgrace into which you may fall, or be led."

equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service

From this reading The first night you wired to her, but the second time she sat up until after midnight, fearing lest it might not be safe to let you have a light.

inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "I have not heard from you for several days," Mrs. Marlow wrote to Jimmy, "though I have had a couple of letters from Eliza Benn, who says that for two consecutive nights you did not come home.