Chapter V · Chapter 5

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

From this reading “Well,” I said, after waiting a while, “I don’t exactly get the unique value of the incident.”

without advance planning

From this reading “Oh,” he said, as if he had accidentally forgotten the detail, “the steps were coming up?”

later than; following

From this reading “Well,” I said, after waiting a while, “I don’t exactly get the unique value of the incident.”

(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 She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

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

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading “Oh,” he said, as if he had accidentally forgotten the detail, “the steps were coming up?”

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading “Oh,” he said, as if he had accidentally forgotten the detail, “the steps were coming up?”

inflected form of “deny” — declare untrue; contradict

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

From this reading “Oh,” he said, as if he had accidentally forgotten the detail, “the steps were coming up?”

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

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From this reading “Well,” I said, after waiting a while, “I don’t exactly get the unique value of the incident.”

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

indicating exactness or preciseness

From this reading “Well,” I said, after waiting a while, “I don’t exactly get the unique value of the incident.”

Not remembered; lapsed from memory.

From this reading “Oh,” he said, as if he had accidentally forgotten the detail, “the steps were coming up?”

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading “Well,” I said, after waiting a while, “I don’t exactly get the unique value of the incident.”

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

From this reading “Oh,” he said, as if he had accidentally forgotten the detail, “the steps were coming up?”

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “Oh,” he said, as if he had accidentally forgotten the detail, “the steps were coming up?”

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

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

moving with great haste

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

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

From this reading “Well,” I said, after waiting a while, “I don’t exactly get the unique value of the incident.”

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading “Oh,” he said, as if he had accidentally forgotten the detail, “the steps were coming up?”

a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

a single distinct event

From this reading “Well,” I said, after waiting a while, “I don’t exactly get the unique value of the incident.”

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

time available for ease and relaxation

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

engage in

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “Well,” I said, after waiting a while, “I don’t exactly get the unique value of the incident.”

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading “Oh,” he said, as if he had accidentally forgotten the detail, “the steps were coming up?”

inflected form of “omit” — prevent from being included or considered or accepted

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

on one occasion

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

used of mouth or eyes

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

having an owner; often used in combination

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading “Well,” I said, after waiting a while, “I don’t exactly get the unique value of the incident.”

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

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

From this reading “Oh,” he said, as if he had accidentally forgotten the detail, “the steps were coming up?”

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

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

From this reading “Well,” I said, after waiting a while, “I don’t exactly get the unique value of the incident.”

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

in or at that place or location

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

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

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

radically distinctive and without equal

From this reading “Well,” I said, after waiting a while, “I don’t exactly get the unique value of the incident.”

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

From this reading “Oh,” he said, as if he had accidentally forgotten the detail, “the steps were coming up?”

a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed

From this reading “Well,” I said, after waiting a while, “I don’t exactly get the unique value of the incident.”

the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

From this reading “Well,” I said, after waiting a while, “I don’t exactly get the unique value of the incident.”

(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 “Well,” I said, after waiting a while, “I don’t exactly get the unique value of the incident.”

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

From this reading “Oh,” he said, as if he had accidentally forgotten the detail, “the steps were coming up?”

at the time that

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

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

From this reading “She opened the door, which she had omitted to do before, and when she came in she denied having been there already.

during the time that

From this reading “Well,” I said, after waiting a while, “I don’t exactly get the unique value of the incident.”

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading She owned that she had been hurrying through her work, and thinking of mine, so as to make me do something, or undo something, to it; and then all at once she lost her impatience, and came up at her leisure.

an affirmative

From this reading “Yes?”