used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He looked at it for some time.
Aylmer
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From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
CoupnounUS /kuː/
a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
cultnounUS /kʌlt/
followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices
From this reading He had a great devotion and cult for the memory of his mother.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
feelings of ardent love
From this reading He had a great devotion and cult for the memory of his mother.
drawernounUS /drɔːr/
a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
earlyadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrli/
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading It represented his mother in the early sixties and he thought it was like Edith.
Edith
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From this reading It represented his mother in the early sixties and he thought it was like Edith.
opinion or judgment
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
festoons
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From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He looked at it for some time.
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
Foudre
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From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
framedadjectiveUS /freɪmd/
provided with a frame
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading He had a great devotion and cult for the memory of his mother.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He looked at it for some time.
ivorynounUS /ˈaɪvəri/
a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
Jermyn
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From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
a room where books are kept
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It represented his mother in the early sixties and he thought it was like Edith.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading He looked at it for some time.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading He had a great devotion and cult for the memory of his mother.
miniaturenounUS /ˈmɪniətʃʊr/
painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading It represented his mother in the early sixties and he thought it was like Edith.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
old-fashionedadjectiveUS /ˌoʊldˈfæʃənd/
out of fashion
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
plaitsnounUS /pleɪts/
plural of “plait” — a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
represented accurately or precisely
From this reading It represented his mother in the early sixties and he thought it was like Edith.
RossnounUS /rɑːs/
Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
sixtiesnounUS /ˈsɪkstiz/
the decade from 1960 to 1969
From this reading It represented his mother in the early sixties and he thought it was like Edith.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading He looked at it for some time.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading It represented his mother in the early sixties and he thought it was like Edith.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading He looked at it for some time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
precisely as stated
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It represented his mother in the early sixties and he thought it was like Edith.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
at the time that
From this reading Coup de Foudre When Aylmer Ross got back to the little brown house in Jermyn Street he went to his library, and took from a certain drawer an ivory miniature framed in black.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It had a sweet, old-fashioned face, with a very high forehead, blue eyes, and dark hair arranged in two festoons of plaits, turned up at the sides.
