Chapter VII · Chapter 7

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

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

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

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading HORATIA'S ARRIVAL.

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

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

a railcar where passengers ride

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

made or become different in nature or form

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

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

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

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

From this reading That's partly why I did it.'

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From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

the feelings expressed on a person's face

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

at or to or toward the front

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

disposed to please

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

give help or assistance; be of service

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

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

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

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From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

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

From this reading HORATIA'S ARRIVAL.

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

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

-ing form of “ignore” — refuse to acknowledge

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading That's partly why I did it.'

past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

the sound of laughing

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

a female domestic

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

being roughly between 45 and 65 years old

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

past form of “mingle” — to bring or combine together or with something else

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

a woman who is the custodian of children

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

fully extended especially in length

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

to some extent; in some degree; not wholly

From this reading That's partly why I did it.'

a raised horizontal surface

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

possessive form of “sarah” — (Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

cut with a saw

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

perception by means of the eyes

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

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

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

struck with fear, dread, or consternation

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

happening unexpectedly

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

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From this reading That's partly why I did it.'

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

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

in or at that place or location

From this reading 'There!

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From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

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

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

someone who visits

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

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

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading That's partly why I did it.'

in the company of; together with

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading Sarah stepped forward to help Horatia down from the carriage, and suddenly her expression changed to one of mingled surprise and annoyance; seeing which, the young visitor, with a merry laugh, jumped from the carriage to the platform, ignoring the steps and Sarah's outstretched hand.

the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to

From this reading I said so, didn't I, Nanny?' she cried, turning to her maid, a highly respectable, middle-aged woman, with as good-humoured a face as her young charge.--'Sarah, I said the minute you saw us come out of a third-class carriage you would put on that shocked face of yours.