used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
absorbedadjectiveUS /əbˈzɔːrbd/
giving or marked by complete attention to
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
acquaintancesnounUS /əˈkweɪntənsɪz/
plural of “acquaintance” — personal knowledge or information about someone or something
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
(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 All by the stumbling of a horse, too!
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am under a promise to do so."
ArgentinenounUS /ˈɑːrdʒəntiːn/
any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
BellenounUS /bel/
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
braceverbUS /breɪs/
prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading All by the stumbling of a horse, too!
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
a boy or man
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading All by the stumbling of a horse, too!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
I'll
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From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
a native or inhabitant of Italy
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
occurring by chance
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
Mainwaring
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From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
joined in matrimony
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
mechanicallyadverbUS /məˈkænɪkli/
in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
make a promise or commitment
From this reading "I am under a promise to do so."
reflectingadjectiveUS /rɪˈflektɪŋ/
causing reflection or having a device that reflects
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
rejectedadjectiveUS /rɪˈdʒektɪd/
rebuffed (by a lover) without warning
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
RosarionounUS /roʊˈzɑːrioʊ/
a port city on the Parana River in eastern central Argentina
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
express in words
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
sister-in-lawnounUS /ˈsɪstərɪnlɔː/
the sister of your spouse
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I am under a promise to do so."
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
stumblingverbUS /ˈstʌmbəlɪŋ/
-ing form of “stumble” — walk unsteadily
From this reading All by the stumbling of a horse, too!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
express in words
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
they've
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From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "Lucky fellow! to have made such a brace of beautiful acquaintances; for the Argentine lady is not thought so far behind her Italian sister-in-law.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading All by the stumbling of a horse, too!
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading "I am under a promise to do so."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading "True," I replied mechanically, absorbed in reflecting whether the rejected lover of Miss Belle Mainwaring was the man whom I had met--now married to a wife worth ten thousand of her sort.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I'll tell you what you can do," said my friend; "you say they've invited you to stop there on your way back to Rosario?"
