used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE CHOICE OF A PROFESSION.
in the past
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
awakeadjectiveUS /əˈweɪk/
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
barytonenoun
a male singer
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
bassnounUS /bæs/
the lowest part of the musical range
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
Bertram
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
an occurrence of something
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading THE CHOICE OF A PROFESSION.
rid of obstructions
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
deep-mouthed
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
eageradjectiveUS /ˈiːɡər/
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
excitableadjectiveUS /ɪkˈsaɪtəbəl/
easily excited
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
Harcourt
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
heroesnounUS /ˈhɪroʊz/
plural of “hero” — a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Harcourt, who was himself a lawyer, recommended the law.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
imperviousadjectiveUS /ˌɪmˈpɜːrviəs/
not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading Harcourt, who was himself a lawyer, recommended the law.
a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
From this reading Harcourt, who was himself a lawyer, recommended the law.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
staying power
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
love-lorn
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
a feeling of thoughtful sadness
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CHOICE OF A PROFESSION.
operanounUS /ˈɑːprə/
a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
over-scrupulous
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
the body of people in a learned occupation
From this reading THE CHOICE OF A PROFESSION.
on the contrary
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
recommendedverbUS /ˌrekəˈmendɪd/
past form of “recommend” — push for something
From this reading Harcourt, who was himself a lawyer, recommended the law.
sentimentalitynounUS /ˌsentəmenˈtælɪti/
falsely emotional in a maudlin way
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
suitedadjectiveUS /ˈsuːtɪd/
meant or adapted for an occasion or use
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
tenornounUS /ˈtenər/
the adult male singing voice above baritone
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CHOICE OF A PROFESSION.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
precisely as stated
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Harcourt, who was himself a lawyer, recommended the law.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
which person or people
From this reading Harcourt, who was himself a lawyer, recommended the law.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
WilkinsonnounUS /ˈwɪlkənsən/
English chemist honored for his research on pollutants in car exhausts (born in 1921)
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
world'snounUS /wɜːrldz/
possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
