used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “IS IT A DREAM?”
(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 “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
Alvas
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From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
any thing at all
From this reading What right had such a man to love anything but his country?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
Bodé
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From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
breaksnounUS /breɪks/
plural of “break” — some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading What right had such a man to love anything but his country?
a young person of either sex
From this reading What right had he, with torture hanging over him, to love my child?”
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
conventnounUS /ˈkɑːnvənt/
a religious residence especially for nuns
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading What right had such a man to love anything but his country?
a female human offspring
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
Doña
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A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading “IS IT A DREAM?”
opinion or judgment
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
FlemishnounUS /ˈflemɪʃ/
an ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What right had such a man to love anything but his country?
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading What right had he, with torture hanging over him, to love my child?”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What right had he, with torture hanging over him, to love my child?”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “IS IT A DREAM?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “IS IT A DREAM?”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading What right had such a man to love anything but his country?
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading What right had such a man to love anything but his country?
the force of workers available
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading What right had he, with torture hanging over him, to love my child?”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
OlivernounUS /ˈɑːləvər/
United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
and nothing more
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading What right had he, with torture hanging over him, to love my child?”
painternounUS /ˈpeɪntər/
an artist who paints
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
revelationsnounUS /ˌrevəˈleɪʃənz/
plural of “revelation” — the speech act of making something evident
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
precisely, exactly
From this reading What right had such a man to love anything but his country?
romanticadjectiveUS /roʊˈmæntɪk/
belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
sadnessnounUS /ˈsædnəs/
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
sighsnounUS /saɪz/
plural of “sigh” — an utterance made by exhaling audibly
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading What right had such a man to love anything but his country?
surprisingadjectiveUS /sərˈpraɪzɪŋ/
causing surprise or wonder or amazement
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What right had such a man to love anything but his country?
tortureverbUS /ˈtɔːrtʃər/
torment emotionally or mentally
From this reading What right had he, with torture hanging over him, to love my child?”
Volcker
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From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
Volcker's
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From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What right had such a man to love anything but his country?
in the company of; together with
From this reading From his interview with his daughter Bodé Volcker comes out a great sadness in his Flemish eyes, and finding Guy waiting for him, breaks forth: “This painter Oliver!
yearningsnounUS /ˈjɜːrnɪŋz/
plural of “yearning” — prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
From this reading “The right that all men have to love the beautiful,” sighs Guy, Bodé Volcker’s surprising revelations as Doña de Alvas’ convent yearnings having made him not only romantic, but sad.
