used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
be in accord; be in agreement
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
ApexnounUS /ˈeɪpeks/
the highest point (of something)
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
CafenounUS /kəˈfeɪ/
a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
caricatureverbUS /ˈkerəkətʃər/
represent in or produce a caricature of
From this reading And the worst of it was that Popple, with the slight exaggeration of a caricature, really expressed the ideals of the world he frequented.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
coarseadjectiveUS /kɔːrs/
of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
From this reading The tone of social omniscience which he had once found so comic was now as offensive to him as a coarse physical touch.
comicadjectiveUS /ˈkɑːmɪk/
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading The tone of social omniscience which he had once found so comic was now as offensive to him as a coarse physical touch.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
Degen
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From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
egregiousadjectiveUS /ɪˈɡriːdʒəs/
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
From this reading Was it possible that he had ever thought leniently of the egregious Popple?
at any time
From this reading Was it possible that he had ever thought leniently of the egregious Popple?
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
exaggerationnounUS /ɪɡˌzædʒərˈeɪʃən/
extravagant exaggeration
From this reading And the worst of it was that Popple, with the slight exaggeration of a caricature, really expressed the ideals of the world he frequented.
communicated in words
From this reading And the worst of it was that Popple, with the slight exaggeration of a caricature, really expressed the ideals of the world he frequented.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
set up or found
From this reading The tone of social omniscience which he had once found so comic was now as offensive to him as a coarse physical touch.
frequentedverbUS /ˈfriːkwəntɪd/
past form of “frequent” — do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
From this reading And the worst of it was that Popple, with the slight exaggeration of a caricature, really expressed the ideals of the world he frequented.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
a young female
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Was it possible that he had ever thought leniently of the egregious Popple?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
idealsnounUS /aɪˈdiːlz/
plural of “ideal” — the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
From this reading And the worst of it was that Popple, with the slight exaggeration of a caricature, really expressed the ideals of the world he frequented.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Was it possible that he had ever thought leniently of the egregious Popple?
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 Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
lenientlyadverbUS /ˈliːnjəntli/
in a permissively lenient manner
From this reading Was it possible that he had ever thought leniently of the egregious Popple?
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 Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
MarvellnounUS /mɑːrˈvel/
English poet (1621-1678)
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The tone of social omniscience which he had once found so comic was now as offensive to him as a coarse physical touch.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
offensiveadjectiveUS /əˈfensɪv/
violating or tending to violate or offend against
From this reading The tone of social omniscience which he had once found so comic was now as offensive to him as a coarse physical touch.
omnisciencenoun
the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge
From this reading The tone of social omniscience which he had once found so comic was now as offensive to him as a coarse physical touch.
on one occasion
From this reading The tone of social omniscience which he had once found so comic was now as offensive to him as a coarse physical touch.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
others
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From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
From this reading The tone of social omniscience which he had once found so comic was now as offensive to him as a coarse physical touch.
Popple
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From this reading Was it possible that he had ever thought leniently of the egregious Popple?
capable of happening or existing
From this reading Was it possible that he had ever thought leniently of the egregious Popple?
Ralph's
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From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading And the worst of it was that Popple, with the slight exaggeration of a caricature, really expressed the ideals of the world he frequented.
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
From this reading And the worst of it was that Popple, with the slight exaggeration of a caricature, really expressed the ideals of the world he frequented.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The tone of social omniscience which he had once found so comic was now as offensive to him as a coarse physical touch.
relating to human society and its members
From this reading The tone of social omniscience which he had once found so comic was now as offensive to him as a coarse physical touch.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
Spragg
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From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Was it possible that he had ever thought leniently of the egregious Popple?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Was it possible that he had ever thought leniently of the egregious Popple?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The tone of social omniscience which he had once found so comic was now as offensive to him as a coarse physical touch.
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading The tone of social omniscience which he had once found so comic was now as offensive to him as a coarse physical touch.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading The tone of social omniscience which he had once found so comic was now as offensive to him as a coarse physical touch.
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Marvell was not coming into the club, and he drew a long breath of relief as his companion left him.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The tone of social omniscience which he had once found so comic was now as offensive to him as a coarse physical touch.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And the worst of it was that Popple, with the slight exaggeration of a caricature, really expressed the ideals of the world he frequented.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading And the worst of it was that Popple, with the slight exaggeration of a caricature, really expressed the ideals of the world he frequented.
the least favorable outcome
From this reading And the worst of it was that Popple, with the slight exaggeration of a caricature, really expressed the ideals of the world he frequented.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading As he spoke of Miss Spragg, so others at any rate would think of her: almost every one in Ralph's set would agree that it was luck for a girl from Apex to be started by Peter Van Degen at a Cafe Martin dinner...
