used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading And we all like a whiff of the country, don't we?
anew
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
(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 And we all like a whiff of the country, don't we?
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And we all like a whiff of the country, don't we?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I have some books that must be cleared up before I get away on my holiday tomorrow.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I have some books that must be cleared up before I get away on my holiday tomorrow.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I have some books that must be cleared up before I get away on my holiday tomorrow.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading I have some books that must be cleared up before I get away on my holiday tomorrow.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
childlikeadjectiveUS /ˈtʃaɪldlaɪk/
befitting a young child
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush
From this reading I have some books that must be cleared up before I get away on my holiday tomorrow.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading And we all like a whiff of the country, don't we?
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
don't
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From this reading And we all like a whiff of the country, don't we?
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
else
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From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
ensuedverbUS /ɪnˈsuːd/
past form of “ensue” — issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
every person
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I have some books that must be cleared up before I get away on my holiday tomorrow.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading Ha! ha!”
handleverbUS /ˈhændəl/
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have some books that must be cleared up before I get away on my holiday tomorrow.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
holidaynounUS /ˈhɑːlədeɪ/
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading I have some books that must be cleared up before I get away on my holiday tomorrow.
Hopson
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From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have some books that must be cleared up before I get away on my holiday tomorrow.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
the sound of laughing
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading And we all like a whiff of the country, don't we?
past form of “mingle” — to bring or combine together or with something else
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
a form of address for a man
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I have some books that must be cleared up before I get away on my holiday tomorrow.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I have some books that must be cleared up before I get away on my holiday tomorrow.
Northover
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From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
Northover's
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From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And we all like a whiff of the country, don't we?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I have some books that must be cleared up before I get away on my holiday tomorrow.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
placidadjectiveUS /ˈplæsəd/
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
ragingadjectiveUS /ˈreɪdʒɪŋ/
characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
rapiditynounUS /rəˈpɪdəti/
a rate that is rapid
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
Identical; not different.
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
scratchingnounUS /ˈskrætʃɪŋ/
a harsh noise made by scraping
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
simultaneousadjectiveUS /ˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəs/
occurring or operating at the same time
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I have some books that must be cleared up before I get away on my holiday tomorrow.
stillnessnounUS /ˈstɪlnəs/
(poetic) tranquil silence
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I have some books that must be cleared up before I get away on my holiday tomorrow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And we all like a whiff of the country, don't we?
tomorrownounUS /təˈmɑːroʊ/
the day after today
From this reading I have some books that must be cleared up before I get away on my holiday tomorrow.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I have some books that must be cleared up before I get away on my holiday tomorrow.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At length the scratching of Northover's pen in the stillness was mingled with a knock at the door, almost simultaneous with the turning of the handle, and Mr Hopson came in again with the same silent rapidity, placed a paper before his principal, and disappeared again.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And we all like a whiff of the country, don't we?
whiffnounUS /wɪf/
a short light gust of air
From this reading And we all like a whiff of the country, don't we?
in the company of; together with
From this reading The criminal took up his pen with a childlike laugh, and a silence ensued; a placid and busy silence on the part of Mr P. G. Northover; a raging silence on the part of everybody else.
