used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
abilitynounUS /əˈbɪlətiː/
the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
From this reading To the best of his ability he ignored the police dog, though it was difficult not to be aware of the presence of a being too exuberant to appreciate disdain.
(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 To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading It had made him proud, cold, withdrawn, like a crusty old aristocrat forced in among base company.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
appreciateverbUS /əˈpriːʃieɪt/
recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
From this reading To the best of his ability he ignored the police dog, though it was difficult not to be aware of the presence of a being too exuberant to appreciate disdain.
aristocratnounUS /ərˈɪstəkræt/
a member of the aristocracy
From this reading It had made him proud, cold, withdrawn, like a crusty old aristocrat forced in among base company.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
(sometimes followed by “of”) having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
From this reading To the best of his ability he ignored the police dog, though it was difficult not to be aware of the presence of a being too exuberant to appreciate disdain.
installation from which a military force initiates operations
From this reading It had made him proud, cold, withdrawn, like a crusty old aristocrat forced in among base company.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To the best of his ability he ignored the police dog, though it was difficult not to be aware of the presence of a being too exuberant to appreciate disdain.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading To the best of his ability he ignored the police dog, though it was difficult not to be aware of the presence of a being too exuberant to appreciate disdain.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading To the best of his ability he ignored the police dog, though it was difficult not to be aware of the presence of a being too exuberant to appreciate disdain.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading It had made him proud, cold, withdrawn, like a crusty old aristocrat forced in among base company.
Collingham
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From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading It had made him proud, cold, withdrawn, like a crusty old aristocrat forced in among base company.
intentionally conceived
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
crustyadjectiveUS /ˈkrʌsti/
having a hardened crust as a covering
From this reading It had made him proud, cold, withdrawn, like a crusty old aristocrat forced in among base company.
DauphinnounUS /ˈdaʊfɪn/
formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
decliningverbUS /dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ/
-ing form of “decline” — grow worse
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading To the best of his ability he ignored the police dog, though it was difficult not to be aware of the presence of a being too exuberant to appreciate disdain.
disdainverbUS /dɪsˈdeɪn/
look down on with disdain
From this reading To the best of his ability he ignored the police dog, though it was difficult not to be aware of the presence of a being too exuberant to appreciate disdain.
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
dominionnounUS /dəˈmɪnjən/
dominance or power through legal authority
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
exuberantadjectiveUS /ɪɡˈzuːbərənt/
joyously unrestrained
From this reading To the best of his ability he ignored the police dog, though it was difficult not to be aware of the presence of a being too exuberant to appreciate disdain.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
produced by or subjected to forcing
From this reading It had made him proud, cold, withdrawn, like a crusty old aristocrat forced in among base company.
givenadjectiveUS /ˈɡɪvən/
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading The situation was specially hard on Dauphin.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To the best of his ability he ignored the police dog, though it was difficult not to be aware of the presence of a being too exuberant to appreciate disdain.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
a social unit living together
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
ignoredadjectiveUS /ˌɪɡˈnɔːrd/
disregarded
From this reading To the best of his ability he ignored the police dog, though it was difficult not to be aware of the presence of a being too exuberant to appreciate disdain.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had made him proud, cold, withdrawn, like a crusty old aristocrat forced in among base company.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It had made him proud, cold, withdrawn, like a crusty old aristocrat forced in among base company.
LodgeverbUS /lɑːdʒ/
be a lodger; stay temporarily
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading It had made him proud, cold, withdrawn, like a crusty old aristocrat forced in among base company.
MaxnounUS /mæks/
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
not any; not one
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading To the best of his ability he ignored the police dog, though it was difficult not to be aware of the presence of a being too exuberant to appreciate disdain.
under a moral obligation to do something
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
obviousadjectiveUS /ˈɑːbviəs/
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
occupantsnounUS /ˈɑːkjəpənts/
plural of “occupant” — someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading It had made him proud, cold, withdrawn, like a crusty old aristocrat forced in among base company.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The situation was specially hard on Dauphin.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
ownedadjectiveUS /oʊnd/
having an owner; often used in combination
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
pessimisticadjectiveUS /ˌpesəˈmɪstɪk/
expecting the worst possible outcome
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading To the best of his ability he ignored the police dog, though it was difficult not to be aware of the presence of a being too exuberant to appreciate disdain.
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading It had made him proud, cold, withdrawn, like a crusty old aristocrat forced in among base company.
setternounUS /ˈsetər/
one who sets written material into type
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
have in common
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
From this reading The situation was specially hard on Dauphin.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
speciallyadverbUS /ˈspeʃəli/
in a special manner
From this reading The situation was specially hard on Dauphin.
standardadjectiveUS /ˈstændərd/
conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading To the best of his ability he ignored the police dog, though it was difficult not to be aware of the presence of a being too exuberant to appreciate disdain.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading To the best of his ability he ignored the police dog, though it was difficult not to be aware of the presence of a being too exuberant to appreciate disdain.
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading No difference of standard in the Collingham household was so obvious as that between Dauphin, the Irish setter, and Max, the police dog.
in the company of; together with
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
withdrawnadjectiveUS /wɪθˈdrɔːn/
withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
From this reading It had made him proud, cold, withdrawn, like a crusty old aristocrat forced in among base company.
a late time of life
From this reading To have owned Collingham Lodge and its occupants during all his conscious life, and then one day to find himself obliged to share this dominion with a stranger had given him in his declining years a pessimistic point of view.
