used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Character! bless your heart, so long as you ain't a Frenchman, these people don't care about your character.
ain't
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From this reading “Character! bless your heart, so long as you ain't a Frenchman, these people don't care about your character.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “I declare,” said Augustus, gravely, “I am much flattered by all the trouble you have taken to blacken my character.”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I declare,” said Augustus, gravely, “I am much flattered by all the trouble you have taken to blacken my character.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An English conspirator is the most harmless of all creatures.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Character! bless your heart, so long as you ain't a Frenchman, these people don't care about your character.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
AugustusnounUS /ɑːˈɡʌstəs/
Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)
From this reading “I declare,” said Augustus, gravely, “I am much flattered by all the trouble you have taken to blacken my character.”
authoritiesnounUS /əˈθɔːrətiz/
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
blackenverbUS /ˈblækən/
make or become black
From this reading “I declare,” said Augustus, gravely, “I am much flattered by all the trouble you have taken to blacken my character.”
give a benediction to
From this reading “Character! bless your heart, so long as you ain't a Frenchman, these people don't care about your character.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading “Character! bless your heart, so long as you ain't a Frenchman, these people don't care about your character.
carelesslyadverbUS /ˈkerləsli/
without care or concern
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading “I declare,” said Augustus, gravely, “I am much flattered by all the trouble you have taken to blacken my character.”
not accessible to view
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
conspiratornounUS /kənˈspɪrətər/
a member of a conspiracy
From this reading An English conspirator is the most harmless of all creatures.
plural of “creature” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading An English conspirator is the most harmless of all creatures.
Cutbill
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From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
declareverbUS /dɪˈkler/
state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading “I declare,” said Augustus, gravely, “I am much flattered by all the trouble you have taken to blacken my character.”
don't
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From this reading “Character! bless your heart, so long as you ain't a Frenchman, these people don't care about your character.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading An English conspirator is the most harmless of all creatures.
a movement into or inward
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
flatteredverbUS /ˈflætərd/
past form of “flatter” — praise somewhat dishonestly
From this reading “I declare,” said Augustus, gravely, “I am much flattered by all the trouble you have taken to blacken my character.”
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
FrenchmannounUS /ˈfrentʃmæn/
a person of French nationality
From this reading “Character! bless your heart, so long as you ain't a Frenchman, these people don't care about your character.
in a grave and sober manner
From this reading “I declare,” said Augustus, gravely, “I am much flattered by all the trouble you have taken to blacken my character.”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
half-hint
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From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
harmlessadjectiveUS /ˈhɑːrmləs/
not causing or capable of causing harm
From this reading An English conspirator is the most harmless of all creatures.
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I declare,” said Augustus, gravely, “I am much flattered by all the trouble you have taken to blacken my character.”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “Character! bless your heart, so long as you ain't a Frenchman, these people don't care about your character.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading An English conspirator is the most harmless of all creatures.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
immediately past
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “Character! bless your heart, so long as you ain't a Frenchman, these people don't care about your character.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
used to form the superlative
From this reading An English conspirator is the most harmless of all creatures.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “I declare,” said Augustus, gravely, “I am much flattered by all the trouble you have taken to blacken my character.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I declare,” said Augustus, gravely, “I am much flattered by all the trouble you have taken to blacken my character.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An English conspirator is the most harmless of all creatures.
offendernounUS /əˈfendər/
a person who transgresses moral or civil law
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
and nothing more
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
Palmerston
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From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “Character! bless your heart, so long as you ain't a Frenchman, these people don't care about your character.
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Character! bless your heart, so long as you ain't a Frenchman, these people don't care about your character.
past form of “succeed” — attain success or reach a desired goal
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading “I declare,” said Augustus, gravely, “I am much flattered by all the trouble you have taken to blacken my character.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Character! bless your heart, so long as you ain't a Frenchman, these people don't care about your character.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
a source of difficulty
From this reading “I declare,” said Augustus, gravely, “I am much flattered by all the trouble you have taken to blacken my character.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I had the whole police at work to look you up, and only succeeded at last by the half-hint that you were a great political offender, and Lord Palmerston would never forgive the authorities if they concealed you.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “If you knew the work I had to find you,” said Mr. Cutbill, entering the room, and throwing his hat carelessly on a table.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Character! bless your heart, so long as you ain't a Frenchman, these people don't care about your character.
