used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Your breaking off of our engagement was the only way out of a fantastic situation.
quickly and without warning
From this reading You might have broken it less abruptly; but you were always sudden.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading You might have broken it less abruptly; but you were always sudden.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I bear you no malice, my dear Gaston, and I am sure you bear me none.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I bear you no malice, my dear Gaston, and I am sure you bear me none.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading JOANNA married Major Walters, as soon as the conventionalities would permit.
have
From this reading "I bear you no malice, my dear Gaston, and I am sure you bear me none.
the act of breaking something
From this reading Your breaking off of our engagement was the only way out of a fantastic situation.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading You might have broken it less abruptly; but you were always sudden.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading You might have broken it less abruptly; but you were always sudden.
conventionalities
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From this reading JOANNA married Major Walters, as soon as the conventionalities would permit.
dearly loved
From this reading "I bear you no malice, my dear Gaston, and I am sure you bear me none.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading Your breaking off of our engagement was the only way out of a fantastic situation.
fantasticadjectiveUS /fænˈtæstɪk/
ludicrously odd
From this reading Your breaking off of our engagement was the only way out of a fantastic situation.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading She wrote then, for the first time, to Paragot.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She wrote then, for the first time, to Paragot.
Gaston
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From this reading "I bear you no malice, my dear Gaston, and I am sure you bear me none.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You might have broken it less abruptly; but you were always sudden.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I bear you no malice, my dear Gaston, and I am sure you bear me none.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You might have broken it less abruptly; but you were always sudden.
JOANNA
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From this reading JOANNA married Major Walters, as soon as the conventionalities would permit.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading You might have broken it less abruptly; but you were always sudden.
MajoradjectiveUS /ˈmeɪdʒər/
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading JOANNA married Major Walters, as soon as the conventionalities would permit.
malicenounUS /ˈmæləs/
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading "I bear you no malice, my dear Gaston, and I am sure you bear me none.
joined in matrimony
From this reading JOANNA married Major Walters, as soon as the conventionalities would permit.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I bear you no malice, my dear Gaston, and I am sure you bear me none.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading You might have broken it less abruptly; but you were always sudden.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I bear you no malice, my dear Gaston, and I am sure you bear me none.
not any; not one
From this reading "I bear you no malice, my dear Gaston, and I am sure you bear me none.
not one, and not any
From this reading "I bear you no malice, my dear Gaston, and I am sure you bear me none.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Your breaking off of our engagement was the only way out of a fantastic situation.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Your breaking off of our engagement was the only way out of a fantastic situation.
and nothing more
From this reading Your breaking off of our engagement was the only way out of a fantastic situation.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Your breaking off of our engagement was the only way out of a fantastic situation.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Your breaking off of our engagement was the only way out of a fantastic situation.
Paragot
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From this reading She wrote then, for the first time, to Paragot.
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading JOANNA married Major Walters, as soon as the conventionalities would permit.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She wrote then, for the first time, to Paragot.
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
From this reading Your breaking off of our engagement was the only way out of a fantastic situation.
in the near future
From this reading JOANNA married Major Walters, as soon as the conventionalities would permit.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading You might have broken it less abruptly; but you were always sudden.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading "I bear you no malice, my dear Gaston, and I am sure you bear me none.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JOANNA married Major Walters, as soon as the conventionalities would permit.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading She wrote then, for the first time, to Paragot.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading She wrote then, for the first time, to Paragot.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She wrote then, for the first time, to Paragot.
WaltersnounUS /ˈwɔːltərz/
plural of “walter” — German conductor (1876-1962)
From this reading JOANNA married Major Walters, as soon as the conventionalities would permit.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Your breaking off of our engagement was the only way out of a fantastic situation.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Your breaking off of our engagement was the only way out of a fantastic situation.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You might have broken it less abruptly; but you were always sudden.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading JOANNA married Major Walters, as soon as the conventionalities would permit.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading She wrote then, for the first time, to Paragot.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I bear you no malice, my dear Gaston, and I am sure you bear me none.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your breaking off of our engagement was the only way out of a fantastic situation.
