anew
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The weights he has put on must be defective--they must be hollow.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading "Sixteen stones!--impossible, I cannot believe it.
the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
buryverbUS /ˈberi/
cover from sight
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
cannot
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From this reading "Sixteen stones!--impossible, I cannot believe it.
cheatedverbUS /ˈtʃiːtəd/
past form of “cheat” — deprive somebody of something by deceit
From this reading This old rascal has cheated me.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
defectiveadjectiveUS /dɪˈfektɪv/
having a defect
From this reading The weights he has put on must be defective--they must be hollow.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
else
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From this reading It was now the scales which occupied my thoughts, to the exclusion of everything else.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading It was now the scales which occupied my thoughts, to the exclusion of everything else.
exclusionnounUS /ɪkˈskluːʒən/
the state of being excluded
From this reading It was now the scales which occupied my thoughts, to the exclusion of everything else.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
glowingadjectiveUS /ˈɡloʊɪŋ/
highly enthusiastic
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This old rascal has cheated me.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The weights he has put on must be defective--they must be hollow.
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
From this reading The weights he has put on must be defective--they must be hollow.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading "Sixteen stones!--impossible, I cannot believe it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was now the scales which occupied my thoughts, to the exclusion of everything else.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This old rascal has cheated me.
meditationnounUS /ˌmedəˈteɪʃən/
continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The weights he has put on must be defective--they must be hollow.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It was now the scales which occupied my thoughts, to the exclusion of everything else.
held or filled or in use
From this reading It was now the scales which occupied my thoughts, to the exclusion of everything else.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading This old rascal has cheated me.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
perplexitynounUS /pərˈpleksəti/
trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The weights he has put on must be defective--they must be hollow.
rascalnounUS /ˈræskəl/
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading This old rascal has cheated me.
scalesnounUS /skeɪlz/
plural of “scale” — an ordered reference standard
From this reading It was now the scales which occupied my thoughts, to the exclusion of everything else.
SixteenadjectiveUS /sɪkˈstiːn/
being one more than fifteen
From this reading "Sixteen stones!--impossible, I cannot believe it.
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading "Sixteen stones!--impossible, I cannot believe it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was now the scales which occupied my thoughts, to the exclusion of everything else.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The weights he has put on must be defective--they must be hollow.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This old rascal has cheated me.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading It was now the scales which occupied my thoughts, to the exclusion of everything else.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was now the scales which occupied my thoughts, to the exclusion of everything else.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was now the scales which occupied my thoughts, to the exclusion of everything else.
weightsnounUS /weɪts/
plural of “weight” — the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
From this reading The weights he has put on must be defective--they must be hollow.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was now the scales which occupied my thoughts, to the exclusion of everything else.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Again did I bury my face in my hands; again did my fit of meditation come on; I felt my bosom glowing with perplexity.
