used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
ashesnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading Her vanity crumbled into ashes, leaving only scars upon her heart, which was really pure and good at bottom.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Her vanity crumbled into ashes, leaving only scars upon her heart, which was really pure and good at bottom.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Placing the candle upon the chest of drawers, she sat down beside the girl, huddled up in a chair with her face bowed upon her knees.
the lower side of anything
From this reading Her vanity crumbled into ashes, leaving only scars upon her heart, which was really pure and good at bottom.
of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
From this reading Placing the candle upon the chest of drawers, she sat down beside the girl, huddled up in a chair with her face bowed upon her knees.
breathsnounUS /breθs/
plural of “breath” — the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
taking care or paying attention
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading Placing the candle upon the chest of drawers, she sat down beside the girl, huddled up in a chair with her face bowed upon her knees.
the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
From this reading Placing the candle upon the chest of drawers, she sat down beside the girl, huddled up in a chair with her face bowed upon her knees.
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
copiousadjectiveUS /ˈkoʊpiəs/
large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
crumbledverbUS /ˈkrʌmbəld/
past form of “crumble” — fall apart
From this reading Her vanity crumbled into ashes, leaving only scars upon her heart, which was really pure and good at bottom.
deedsnounUS /diːdz/
performance of moral or religious acts
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
dialnounUS /ˈdaɪəl/
the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Placing the candle upon the chest of drawers, she sat down beside the girl, huddled up in a chair with her face bowed upon her knees.
draftnounUS /dræft/
a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
drawersnounUS /drɔːrz/
underpants worn by men
From this reading Placing the candle upon the chest of drawers, she sat down beside the girl, huddled up in a chair with her face bowed upon her knees.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Placing the candle upon the chest of drawers, she sat down beside the girl, huddled up in a chair with her face bowed upon her knees.
emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity)
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
plural of “figure” — a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
flatterynounUS /ˈflætəri/
excessive or insincere praise
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
Forrest
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From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
a young female
From this reading Placing the candle upon the chest of drawers, she sat down beside the girl, huddled up in a chair with her face bowed upon her knees.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Her vanity crumbled into ashes, leaving only scars upon her heart, which was really pure and good at bottom.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her vanity crumbled into ashes, leaving only scars upon her heart, which was really pure and good at bottom.
huddledadjectiveUS /ˈhʌdəld/
crowded or massed together
From this reading Placing the candle upon the chest of drawers, she sat down beside the girl, huddled up in a chair with her face bowed upon her knees.
plural of “hundred” — ten 10s
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Her vanity crumbled into ashes, leaving only scars upon her heart, which was really pure and good at bottom.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading Placing the candle upon the chest of drawers, she sat down beside the girl, huddled up in a chair with her face bowed upon her knees.
the act of departing
From this reading Her vanity crumbled into ashes, leaving only scars upon her heart, which was really pure and good at bottom.
set afire or burning
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
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 At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
MortifiedadjectiveUS /ˈmɔːrtəfaɪd/
suffering from tissue death
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
and nothing more
From this reading Her vanity crumbled into ashes, leaving only scars upon her heart, which was really pure and good at bottom.
PlacingverbUS /ˈpleɪsɪŋ/
-ing form of “place” — put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Placing the candle upon the chest of drawers, she sat down beside the girl, huddled up in a chair with her face bowed upon her knees.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading Her vanity crumbled into ashes, leaving only scars upon her heart, which was really pure and good at bottom.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Her vanity crumbled into ashes, leaving only scars upon her heart, which was really pure and good at bottom.
remorsefuladjectiveUS /rɪˈmɔːrsfəl/
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Placing the candle upon the chest of drawers, she sat down beside the girl, huddled up in a chair with her face bowed upon her knees.
scarsnounUS /skɑːrz/
plural of “scar” — a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
From this reading Her vanity crumbled into ashes, leaving only scars upon her heart, which was really pure and good at bottom.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Placing the candle upon the chest of drawers, she sat down beside the girl, huddled up in a chair with her face bowed upon her knees.
shieldingnounUS /ˈʃiːldɪŋ/
the act of shielding from harm
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
stingsnounUS /stɪŋz/
plural of “sting” — a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Her vanity crumbled into ashes, leaving only scars upon her heart, which was really pure and good at bottom.
vanitynounUS /ˈvænəti/
feelings of excessive pride
From this reading Her vanity crumbled into ashes, leaving only scars upon her heart, which was really pure and good at bottom.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
clean by virtue of having been washed in water
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading At the end of that long week—made up as it seemed to Anne of hundreds of years—Mrs. Forrest came into the room, carefully shielding the lighted candle with her hand against the draft.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Her vanity crumbled into ashes, leaving only scars upon her heart, which was really pure and good at bottom.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Mortified pride and love of flattery were washed away in copious tears, and then the stings of remorseful conscience completed the good work.
a late time of life
From this reading “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.” sang a poet, and so it was with Anne.
