Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

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From this reading DUBLIN, August, 1830.

(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

filled with fear or apprehension

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading But you have, I know, an invitation from Mrs. J---- to come into town on Monday.

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

From this reading I wish your people may be able to come up, the latter end of the week; I think "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Merchant of Venice," are nice plays for them to see.

past form of “answer” — react verbally

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

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

From this reading The plays for next week are, on Monday, "Venice Preserved;" on Wednesday, "The Grecian Daughter;" Thursday, "The Merchant of Venice."

the month following July and preceding September

From this reading DUBLIN, August, 1830.

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

From this reading I wish your people may be able to come up, the latter end of the week; I think "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Merchant of Venice," are nice plays for them to see.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

definite but not specified or identified

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

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

From this reading I wish your people may be able to come up, the latter end of the week; I think "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Merchant of Venice," are nice plays for them to see.

a female human offspring

From this reading The plays for next week are, on Monday, "Venice Preserved;" on Wednesday, "The Grecian Daughter;" Thursday, "The Merchant of Venice."

dearly loved

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic

From this reading DUBLIN, August, 1830.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading I wish your people may be able to come up, the latter end of the week; I think "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Merchant of Venice," are nice plays for them to see.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The plays for next week are, on Monday, "Venice Preserved;" on Wednesday, "The Grecian Daughter;" Thursday, "The Merchant of Venice."

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading But you have, I know, an invitation from Mrs. J---- to come into town on Monday.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language

From this reading The plays for next week are, on Monday, "Venice Preserved;" on Wednesday, "The Grecian Daughter;" Thursday, "The Merchant of Venice."

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

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

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

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

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

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

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading But you have, I know, an invitation from Mrs. J---- to come into town on Monday.

a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something

From this reading But you have, I know, an invitation from Mrs. J---- to come into town on Monday.

a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

From this reading But you have, I know, an invitation from Mrs. J---- to come into town on Monday.

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From this reading I wish your people may be able to come up, the latter end of the week; I think "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Merchant of Venice," are nice plays for them to see.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading But you have, I know, an invitation from Mrs. J---- to come into town on Monday.

referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)

From this reading I wish your people may be able to come up, the latter end of the week; I think "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Merchant of Venice," are nice plays for them to see.

a written message addressed to a person or organization

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading I wish your people may be able to come up, the latter end of the week; I think "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Merchant of Venice," are nice plays for them to see.

A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.

From this reading The plays for next week are, on Monday, "Venice Preserved;" on Wednesday, "The Grecian Daughter;" Thursday, "The Merchant of Venice."

the second day of the week; the first working day

From this reading The plays for next week are, on Monday, "Venice Preserved;" on Wednesday, "The Grecian Daughter;" Thursday, "The Merchant of Venice."

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading But you have, I know, an invitation from Mrs. J---- to come into town on Monday.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance

From this reading I wish your people may be able to come up, the latter end of the week; I think "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Merchant of Venice," are nice plays for them to see.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The plays for next week are, on Monday, "Venice Preserved;" on Wednesday, "The Grecian Daughter;" Thursday, "The Merchant of Venice."

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading I wish your people may be able to come up, the latter end of the week; I think "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Merchant of Venice," are nice plays for them to see.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

plural of “play” — a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use

From this reading The plays for next week are, on Monday, "Venice Preserved;" on Wednesday, "The Grecian Daughter;" Thursday, "The Merchant of Venice."

(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

determined

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

an ardent male lover

From this reading I wish your people may be able to come up, the latter end of the week; I think "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Merchant of Venice," are nice plays for them to see.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading I wish your people may be able to come up, the latter end of the week; I think "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Merchant of Venice," are nice plays for them to see.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

comparatives of “soon” or “early”

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

the act of someone who picks up or takes something

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

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

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

of or relating to the theater

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading I wish your people may be able to come up, the latter end of the week; I think "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Merchant of Venice," are nice plays for them to see.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading I wish your people may be able to come up, the latter end of the week; I think "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Merchant of Venice," are nice plays for them to see.

the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day

From this reading The plays for next week are, on Monday, "Venice Preserved;" on Wednesday, "The Grecian Daughter;" Thursday, "The Merchant of Venice."

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

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading But you have, I know, an invitation from Mrs. J---- to come into town on Monday.

up to a particular time

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

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

From this reading I wish your people may be able to come up, the latter end of the week; I think "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Merchant of Venice," are nice plays for them to see.

the provincial capital of Veneto; built on 118 islands within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice; has canals instead of streets; one of Italy's major ports and a famous tourist attraction

From this reading The plays for next week are, on Monday, "Venice Preserved;" on Wednesday, "The Grecian Daughter;" Thursday, "The Merchant of Venice."

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

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

the fourth day of the week; the third working day

From this reading The plays for next week are, on Monday, "Venice Preserved;" on Wednesday, "The Grecian Daughter;" Thursday, "The Merchant of Venice."

any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

hope for; have a wish

From this reading I wish your people may be able to come up, the latter end of the week; I think "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Merchant of Venice," are nice plays for them to see.

produce a literary work

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading MY DEAR H----, I should have answered your letter sooner had I before been able to give you any certain intelligence of our theatrical proceedings next week, but I was so afraid of some change taking place in the list of the plays that I resolved not to write until alteration was impossible.