Aldo
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From this reading I When eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were gone, Aldo said: "I must do something."
(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 Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And when eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were left, he said: "Something must be done."
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Flighty old lunatic!" said Aldo, throwing the pictures into the fire and digging at them with the poker.
a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And when eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were left, he said: "Something must be done."
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Then he called Nancy and told her how matters stood.
Carlo
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From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
Cucciniello
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From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
diggingnounUS /ˈdɪɡɪŋ/
the act of digging
From this reading "Flighty old lunatic!" said Aldo, throwing the pictures into the fire and digging at them with the poker.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I When eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were gone, Aldo said: "I must do something."
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading And when eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were left, he said: "Something must be done."
eighteenadjectiveUS /eɪˈtiːn/
being one more than seventeen
From this reading I When eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were gone, Aldo said: "I must do something."
Fido
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From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
start firing a weapon
From this reading "Flighty old lunatic!" said Aldo, throwing the pictures into the fire and digging at them with the poker.
FlightyadjectiveUS /ˈflaɪti/
guided by whim and fancy
From this reading "Flighty old lunatic!" said Aldo, throwing the pictures into the fire and digging at them with the poker.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
fortyadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːrti/
being ten more than thirty
From this reading I When eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were gone, Aldo said: "I must do something."
francsnounUS /fræŋks/
plural of “franc” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
From this reading I When eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were gone, Aldo said: "I must do something."
destroyed or killed
From this reading I When eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were gone, Aldo said: "I must do something."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And when eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were left, he said: "Something must be done."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
how
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From this reading Then he called Nancy and told her how matters stood.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I When eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were gone, Aldo said: "I must do something."
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Flighty old lunatic!" said Aldo, throwing the pictures into the fire and digging at them with the poker.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
lawnnounUS /lɔːn/
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
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 And when eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were left, he said: "Something must be done."
lunaticadjectiveUS /ˈluːnətɪk/
insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon
From this reading "Flighty old lunatic!" said Aldo, throwing the pictures into the fire and digging at them with the poker.
plural of “matter” — a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Then he called Nancy and told her how matters stood.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I When eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were gone, Aldo said: "I must do something."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
NancynounUS /ˈnænsi/
a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading Then he called Nancy and told her how matters stood.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I When eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were gone, Aldo said: "I must do something."
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "Flighty old lunatic!" said Aldo, throwing the pictures into the fire and digging at them with the poker.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading "Flighty old lunatic!" said Aldo, throwing the pictures into the fire and digging at them with the poker.
pokernounUS /ˈpoʊkər/
fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
From this reading "Flighty old lunatic!" said Aldo, throwing the pictures into the fire and digging at them with the poker.
a word picture of a person's appearance and character
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I When eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were gone, Aldo said: "I must do something."
Sainsborough
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From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I When eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were gone, Aldo said: "I must do something."
(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Then he called Nancy and told her how matters stood.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I When eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were gone, Aldo said: "I must do something."
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Flighty old lunatic!" said Aldo, throwing the pictures into the fire and digging at them with the poker.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he called Nancy and told her how matters stood.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading I When eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were gone, Aldo said: "I must do something."
-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading "Flighty old lunatic!" said Aldo, throwing the pictures into the fire and digging at them with the poker.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Then he called Nancy and told her how matters stood.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
clean by virtue of having been washed in water
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I When eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were gone, Aldo said: "I must do something."
at the time that
From this reading I When eighteen thousand of the forty thousand francs were gone, Aldo said: "I must do something."
in the company of; together with
From this reading Carlo had washed his hands of him; all that Lady Sainsborough had sent him was her portrait, one "taken on the lawn with Fido," and another, "starting for my morning ride with Baron Cucciniello."
