used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "But what about his patient?" adroitly inquired the doctor.
perfect or complete or pure
From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
adroitlyadverbUS /əˈdrɔɪtli/
with adroitness; in an adroit manner
From this reading "But what about his patient?" adroitly inquired the doctor.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading "Not much, I'm afraid," said Lucy Edenborough, with the air of a Roman matron turning down her thumbs.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading "Not much, I'm afraid," said Lucy Edenborough, with the air of a Roman matron turning down her thumbs.
(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 he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
barelyadverbUS /ˈberli/
only a very short time before
From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "If half that one hears is true, he wouldn't have been much loss."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But what about his patient?" adroitly inquired the doctor.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading "But what about his patient?" adroitly inquired the doctor.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Not much, I'm afraid," said Lucy Edenborough, with the air of a Roman matron turning down her thumbs.
Edenborough
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From this reading "Not much, I'm afraid," said Lucy Edenborough, with the air of a Roman matron turning down her thumbs.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
a boy or man
From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading "If half that one hears is true, he wouldn't have been much loss."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "If half that one hears is true, he wouldn't have been much loss."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
He's
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From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
hearsverbUS /hiːrz/
third-person singular of “hear” — perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "If half that one hears is true, he wouldn't have been much loss."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Not much, I'm afraid," said Lucy Edenborough, with the air of a Roman matron turning down her thumbs.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "But what about his patient?" adroitly inquired the doctor.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
I'm
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From this reading "Not much, I'm afraid," said Lucy Edenborough, with the air of a Roman matron turning down her thumbs.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If half that one hears is true, he wouldn't have been much loss."
past form of “inquire” — address a question to and expect an answer from
From this reading "But what about his patient?" adroitly inquired the doctor.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "If half that one hears is true, he wouldn't have been much loss."
and nothing more
From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
something that is lost
From this reading "If half that one hears is true, he wouldn't have been much loss."
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading "Not much, I'm afraid," said Lucy Edenborough, with the air of a Roman matron turning down her thumbs.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
matronnounUS /ˈmeɪtrən/
a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
From this reading "Not much, I'm afraid," said Lucy Edenborough, with the air of a Roman matron turning down her thumbs.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "If half that one hears is true, he wouldn't have been much loss."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
easily agitated
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not much, I'm afraid," said Lucy Edenborough, with the air of a Roman matron turning down her thumbs.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Not much, I'm afraid," said Lucy Edenborough, with the air of a Roman matron turning down her thumbs.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "If half that one hears is true, he wouldn't have been much loss."
a person who requires medical care
From this reading "But what about his patient?" adroitly inquired the doctor.
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
purelyadverbUS /ˈpjʊrli/
restricted to something
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
on the contrary
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
RomanadjectiveUS /ˈroʊmən/
relating to or characteristic of people of Rome
From this reading "Not much, I'm afraid," said Lucy Edenborough, with the air of a Roman matron turning down her thumbs.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Not much, I'm afraid," said Lucy Edenborough, with the air of a Roman matron turning down her thumbs.
an educational institution
From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "If half that one hears is true, he wouldn't have been much loss."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
thumbsnounUS /θʌmz/
plural of “thumb” — the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
From this reading "Not much, I'm afraid," said Lucy Edenborough, with the air of a Roman matron turning down her thumbs.
arousing affect
From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading "If half that one hears is true, he wouldn't have been much loss."
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading "Not much, I'm afraid," said Lucy Edenborough, with the air of a Roman matron turning down her thumbs.
twenty-onenounUS /ˈtwentiwɔːn/
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one
From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "But what about his patient?" adroitly inquired the doctor.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
which person or people
From this reading "He's a fellow who was at my private school, just barely twenty-one, and making an absolute fool of himself," exclaimed Edenborough, touching his glass.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
wouldn't
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From this reading "If half that one hears is true, he wouldn't have been much loss."
zestnounUS /zest/
vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
From this reading And he stopped himself, as though the subject, which he had taken up with a purely nervous zest, was rather near home after all.
