used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Every white will have its black, And every sweet its sour.
appropriatelyadverbUS /əˈproʊpriɪtli/
in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances
From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
auxiliaries
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From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
BALLADnounUS /ˈbæləd/
a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
From this reading OLD BALLAD.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
birth-day
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From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Every white will have its black, And every sweet its sour.
CollectornounUS /kəˈlektər/
a person who collects things
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
CroftnounUS /krɔːft/
a small farm worked by a crofter
From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
dominionnounUS /dəˈmɪnjən/
dominance or power through legal authority
From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
owed and payable immediately or on demand
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
eminentadjectiveUS /ˈemənənt/
standing above others in quality or position
From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every white will have its black, And every sweet its sour.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
festivalnounUS /ˈfestəvəl/
a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration
From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Every white will have its black, And every sweet its sour.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It therefore lacked nothing of her zealous supervision.
intentnounUS /ˌɪnˈtent/
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It therefore lacked nothing of her zealous supervision.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Every white will have its black, And every sweet its sour.
lackedverbUS /lækt/
past form of “lack” — be without
From this reading It therefore lacked nothing of her zealous supervision.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon
From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
not any; not one
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading It therefore lacked nothing of her zealous supervision.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading OLD BALLAD.
orderingnounUS /ˈɔːrdərɪŋ/
logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
persuadedverbUS /pərˈsweɪdɪd/
past form of “persuade” — win approval or support for
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
preparationsnounUS /ˌprepərˈeɪʃənz/
plural of “preparation” — the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
proceedingnounUS /prəˈsiːdɪŋ/
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
sanctionnounUS /ˈsæŋkʃən/
formal and explicit approval
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
the context and environment in which something is set
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
sourverbUS /ˈsaʊər/
go sour or spoil
From this reading Every white will have its black, And every sweet its sour.
supervisionnounUS /ˌsuːpərˈvɪʒən/
management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
From this reading It therefore lacked nothing of her zealous supervision.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Every white will have its black, And every sweet its sour.
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
for that reason; as a result
From this reading It therefore lacked nothing of her zealous supervision.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
a Caucasian
From this reading Every white will have its black, And every sweet its sour.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Every white will have its black, And every sweet its sour.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the aid of father Pierre and some female auxiliaries she had persuaded the Collector--a task of no great difficulty--to sanction the proceeding, and she was now intent upon the due ordering and setting out of the preparations.
zealousadjectiveUS /ˈzeləs/
marked by active interest and enthusiasm
From this reading It therefore lacked nothing of her zealous supervision.
