Chapter II

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

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From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

(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 Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

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From this reading But 'twas not Dolores, the wife of Ramon, who knew of it, but pretty Andalucian Concha, the handmaiden and companion Ramon had given his wife when they were first married.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

plural of “blow” — a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon

From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

a slight wind (usually refreshing)

From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But 'twas not Dolores, the wife of Ramon, who knew of it, but pretty Andalucian Concha, the handmaiden and companion Ramon had given his wife when they were first married.

inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

a friend who is frequently in the company of another

From this reading But 'twas not Dolores, the wife of Ramon, who knew of it, but pretty Andalucian Concha, the handmaiden and companion Ramon had given his wife when they were first married.

(anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape

From this reading But 'twas not Dolores, the wife of Ramon, who knew of it, but pretty Andalucian Concha, the handmaiden and companion Ramon had given his wife when they were first married.

An unroofed area that is completely or partially enclosed by the walls of a house.

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

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From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

compelled forcibly by an outside agency

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

take in solid food

From this reading It was true enough that he went to the house of Ramon to "eat iron," to "pluck the turkey," to "hold the wall."

angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

From this reading It was true enough that he went to the house of Ramon to "eat iron," to "pluck the turkey," to "hold the wall."

join tongue and groove, in carpentry

From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading But 'twas not Dolores, the wife of Ramon, who knew of it, but pretty Andalucian Concha, the handmaiden and companion Ramon had given his wife when they were first married.

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From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

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From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

befitting or characteristic of a young girl

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

acknowledged as a supposition

From this reading But 'twas not Dolores, the wife of Ramon, who knew of it, but pretty Andalucian Concha, the handmaiden and companion Ramon had given his wife when they were first married.

web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

in a subordinate position

From this reading But 'twas not Dolores, the wife of Ramon, who knew of it, but pretty Andalucian Concha, the handmaiden and companion Ramon had given his wife when they were first married.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading It was true enough that he went to the house of Ramon to "eat iron," to "pluck the turkey," to "hold the wall."

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood

From this reading It was true enough that he went to the house of Ramon to "eat iron," to "pluck the turkey," to "hold the wall."

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was true enough that he went to the house of Ramon to "eat iron," to "pluck the turkey," to "hold the wall."

inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading But 'twas not Dolores, the wife of Ramon, who knew of it, but pretty Andalucian Concha, the handmaiden and companion Ramon had given his wife when they were first married.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

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From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

joined in matrimony

From this reading But 'twas not Dolores, the wife of Ramon, who knew of it, but pretty Andalucian Concha, the handmaiden and companion Ramon had given his wife when they were first married.

a condition requiring relief

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

a daughter of your brother or sister

From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

situated in or oriented toward the north

From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

above and across; more than

From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

pull or pull out sharply

From this reading It was true enough that he went to the house of Ramon to "eat iron," to "pluck the turkey," to "hold the wall."

pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

From this reading But 'twas not Dolores, the wife of Ramon, who knew of it, but pretty Andalucian Concha, the handmaiden and companion Ramon had given his wife when they were first married.

possessive form of “priest” — a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

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From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

precisely, exactly

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

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From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

being of delicate or slender build

From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

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From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

a male human offspring

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

use a knife on

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

great in vertical dimension; high in stature

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It was true enough that he went to the house of Ramon to "eat iron," to "pluck the turkey," to "hold the wall."

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

in or at that place or location

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading But 'twas not Dolores, the wife of Ramon, who knew of it, but pretty Andalucian Concha, the handmaiden and companion Ramon had given his wife when they were first married.

a special situation

From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading It was true enough that he went to the house of Ramon to "eat iron," to "pluck the turkey," to "hold the wall."

large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food

From this reading It was true enough that he went to the house of Ramon to "eat iron," to "pluck the turkey," to "hold the wall."

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From this reading But 'twas not Dolores, the wife of Ramon, who knew of it, but pretty Andalucian Concha, the handmaiden and companion Ramon had given his wife when they were first married.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

From this reading It was true enough that he went to the house of Ramon to "eat iron," to "pluck the turkey," to "hold the wall."

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading It was true enough that he went to the house of Ramon to "eat iron," to "pluck the turkey," to "hold the wall."

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading But 'twas not Dolores, the wife of Ramon, who knew of it, but pretty Andalucian Concha, the handmaiden and companion Ramon had given his wife when they were first married.

at the time that

From this reading But 'twas not Dolores, the wife of Ramon, who knew of it, but pretty Andalucian Concha, the handmaiden and companion Ramon had given his wife when they were first married.

a Caucasian

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

which person or people

From this reading But 'twas not Dolores, the wife of Ramon, who knew of it, but pretty Andalucian Concha, the handmaiden and companion Ramon had given his wife when they were first married.

a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading But 'twas not Dolores, the wife of Ramon, who knew of it, but pretty Andalucian Concha, the handmaiden and companion Ramon had given his wife when they were first married.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

combining clever conception and facetious expression

From this reading Concha was niece to the priest's Manuela, a slim sloe-eyed witty thing, light of heart and foot as a goose feather that blows over a common on a northerly breeze.

but in spite of that

From this reading THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND Yet on the side of Rafael and little Dolores Garcia there was something to be said.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading Ramon, had he known all, need not have become "El Sarria," nor yet need young de Flores, the alcalde's son, have been carried home to the tall house with the courtyard and the one fig tree, a stab under his right shoulder-blade, driven through from side to side of his white girlish body.