Chapter XX

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

(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 Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading GRETTA AT HOME “Darling Gretta,” wrote Margot, “we miss you most frightfully in the dormer.

used as intensifiers

From this reading “Sybil’s getting on with her strokes awfully well.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

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From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

affected with madness or insanity

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

a special loved one

From this reading GRETTA AT HOME “Darling Gretta,” wrote Margot, “we miss you most frightfully in the dormer.

the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window

From this reading GRETTA AT HOME “Darling Gretta,” wrote Margot, “we miss you most frightfully in the dormer.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

regard something as probable or likely

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

used as intensifiers

From this reading GRETTA AT HOME “Darling Gretta,” wrote Margot, “we miss you most frightfully in the dormer.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

the act of acquiring something

From this reading “Sybil’s getting on with her strokes awfully well.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

destroyed or killed

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading GRETTA AT HOME “Darling Gretta,” wrote Margot, “we miss you most frightfully in the dormer.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading GRETTA AT HOME “Darling Gretta,” wrote Margot, “we miss you most frightfully in the dormer.

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From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading GRETTA AT HOME “Darling Gretta,” wrote Margot, “we miss you most frightfully in the dormer.

in place of, or as an alternative to

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

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From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

and nothing more

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

a unit of instruction

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

property that is leased or rented out or let

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading GRETTA AT HOME “Darling Gretta,” wrote Margot, “we miss you most frightfully in the dormer.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

mean or intend to express or convey

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading GRETTA AT HOME “Darling Gretta,” wrote Margot, “we miss you most frightfully in the dormer.

used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

used to form the superlative

From this reading GRETTA AT HOME “Darling Gretta,” wrote Margot, “we miss you most frightfully in the dormer.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading “Sybil’s getting on with her strokes awfully well.

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

past form of “sail” — traverse or travel on (a body of water)

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

plural of “say” — the chance to speak

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

-ing form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

plural of “stroke” — (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand

From this reading “Sybil’s getting on with her strokes awfully well.

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From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Sybil’s getting on with her strokes awfully well.

express in words

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

a word or expression used for some particular thing

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading GRETTA AT HOME “Darling Gretta,” wrote Margot, “we miss you most frightfully in the dormer.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

French poet (flourished around 1460)

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading GRETTA AT HOME “Darling Gretta,” wrote Margot, “we miss you most frightfully in the dormer.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading Give uncle my love, and tell him to get well so that you can come back before the end of the term.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

at the time that

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

in the company of; together with

From this reading “Sybil’s getting on with her strokes awfully well.

the words that are spoken

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.

inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work

From this reading GRETTA AT HOME “Darling Gretta,” wrote Margot, “we miss you most frightfully in the dormer.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading GRETTA AT HOME “Darling Gretta,” wrote Margot, “we miss you most frightfully in the dormer.

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From this reading Mother told me before she sailed about afterwards, and how you’re not coming back next term, I mean; and Josy and I think you were a brick to be so brave about staying at home, and letting Sybil come instead.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Miss Read thinks so, too, for I asked her, and I expect Miss Slater does as well; anyhow, Monsieur Villon was nearly crazy, Rhoda says, when she went to her violin lesson; he had just heard about your having gone, and was muttering all kinds of French words that she couldn’t understand.