used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I had a good home, and everything pleasant, but I was alone.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading I had a good home, and everything pleasant, but I was alone.
a cherished desire
From this reading I had no ambition to encounter another angry mother, though she had her rights, as I believed I had mine.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I had a good home, and everything pleasant, but I was alone.
angryadjectiveUS /ˈæŋɡri/
feeling or showing anger
From this reading I had no ambition to encounter another angry mother, though she had her rights, as I believed I had mine.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading I had no ambition to encounter another angry mother, though she had her rights, as I believed I had mine.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I had no ambition to encounter another angry mother, though she had her rights, as I believed I had mine.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Some one has asked the question: “What is home without a mother?”
past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading I had no ambition to encounter another angry mother, though she had her rights, as I believed I had mine.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I had a good home, and everything pleasant, but I was alone.
chagrinnounUS /ʃəˈɡrɪn/
strong feelings of embarrassment
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
encounterverbUS /ɪnˈkaʊntər/
come together
From this reading I had no ambition to encounter another angry mother, though she had her rights, as I believed I had mine.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading I had a good home, and everything pleasant, but I was alone.
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I had a good home, and everything pleasant, but I was alone.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had a good home, and everything pleasant, but I was alone.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Some one has asked the question: “What is home without a mother?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I had no ambition to encounter another angry mother, though she had her rights, as I believed I had mine.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading I had a good home, and everything pleasant, but I was alone.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had a good home, and everything pleasant, but I was alone.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Some one has asked the question: “What is home without a mother?”
joysnounUS /dʒɔɪz/
plural of “joy” — the emotion of great happiness
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Mine was: “What is home without a wife?”
mortificationnounUS /ˈmɔːrtəfkeɪʃən/
strong feelings of embarrassment
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Some one has asked the question: “What is home without a mother?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
not any; not one
From this reading I had no ambition to encounter another angry mother, though she had her rights, as I believed I had mine.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Some one has asked the question: “What is home without a mother?”
and nothing more
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
partnernounUS /ˈpɑːrtnər/
a person's partner in marriage
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading I had a good home, and everything pleasant, but I was alone.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading Some one has asked the question: “What is home without a mother?”
plural of “right” — an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
From this reading I had no ambition to encounter another angry mother, though she had her rights, as I believed I had mine.
in an unfortunate way
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I had no ambition to encounter another angry mother, though she had her rights, as I believed I had mine.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some one has asked the question: “What is home without a mother?”
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Some one has asked the question: “What is home without a mother?”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I had no ambition to encounter another angry mother, though she had her rights, as I believed I had mine.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had sadly failed in my first and only effort to get a partner of my joys, a queen for my home, to my sorrow and extreme chagrin and mortification.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I had a good home, and everything pleasant, but I was alone.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Some one has asked the question: “What is home without a mother?”
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Mine was: “What is home without a wife?”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Some one has asked the question: “What is home without a mother?”
