used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
AprilnounUS /ˈeɪprəl/
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading How art thou fallen!"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
balmyadjectiveUS /ˈbɑːmi/
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
bedsidenounUS /ˈbedsaɪd/
space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person)
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading There rose a moon and flooded the earth with radiance.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading How art thou fallen!"
a social unit living together
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
floodedadjectiveUS /ˈflʌdəd/
covered with water
From this reading There rose a moon and flooded the earth with radiance.
set up or found
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
gustsnounUS /ɡʌsts/
plural of “gust” — a strong current of air
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
How
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From this reading How art thou fallen!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
LucifernounUS /ˈluːsəfər/
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading "Lucifer, Star of the Morning!
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
very unhappy; full of misery
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading There rose a moon and flooded the earth with radiance.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading "Lucifer, Star of the Morning!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Lucifer, Star of the Morning!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
radiancenounUS /ˈreɪdiːəns/
the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
From this reading There rose a moon and flooded the earth with radiance.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading There rose a moon and flooded the earth with radiance.
scentnounUS /sɛnt/
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
semi-darkness
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From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading "Lucifer, Star of the Morning!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
sweetbriernoun
Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Lucifer, Star of the Morning!
in or at that place or location
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading How art thou fallen!"
unnervedadjectiveUS /ənˈnɜːrvd/
deprived of courage and strength
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
wall-flowers
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From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading I found myself, without having met any one of my family, in my own room, in the semi-darkness, seated on a chair by my bedside, unnerved, faint, miserable with a misery such as I had never felt before.
