used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
speak to
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
a distinct feature or element in a problem
From this reading Life in its crudest, its most repulsive aspect stared at her out of the darkness.
assailedverbUS /əˈseɪld/
past form of “assail” — attack someone physically or emotionally
From this reading And a new furtiveness--born of the new realisation--assailed her when at last she stepped from the cab at her own door.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
brought into existence
From this reading And a new furtiveness--born of the new realisation--assailed her when at last she stepped from the cab at her own door.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She sat crushed by the disillusionment of the last hour.
cabnounUS /kæb/
a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
Clodagh
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From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
crudest
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From this reading Life in its crudest, its most repulsive aspect stared at her out of the darkness.
crushedadjectiveUS /krʌʃt/
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading She sat crushed by the disillusionment of the last hour.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Life in its crudest, its most repulsive aspect stared at her out of the darkness.
a line leading to a place or point
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
disillusionmentnounUS /ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒənmənt/
freeing from false belief or illusions
From this reading She sat crushed by the disillusionment of the last hour.
disposalnounUS /dɪˈspoʊzəl/
the power to use something or someone
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading And a new furtiveness--born of the new realisation--assailed her when at last she stepped from the cab at her own door.
with eagerness; in an eager manner
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
opinion or judgment
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
furtivenessnoun
a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously
From this reading And a new furtiveness--born of the new realisation--assailed her when at last she stepped from the cab at her own door.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
hailedverbUS /heɪld/
past form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading She sat crushed by the disillusionment of the last hour.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Life in its crudest, its most repulsive aspect stared at her out of the darkness.
immediately past
From this reading She sat crushed by the disillusionment of the last hour.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Life in its crudest, its most repulsive aspect stared at her out of the darkness.
raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Life in its crudest, its most repulsive aspect stared at her out of the darkness.
not in physical motion
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading And a new furtiveness--born of the new realisation--assailed her when at last she stepped from the cab at her own door.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
and nothing more
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading And a new furtiveness--born of the new realisation--assailed her when at last she stepped from the cab at her own door.
realisationnounUS /ˈriːləˈzeɪʃən/
a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
From this reading And a new furtiveness--born of the new realisation--assailed her when at last she stepped from the cab at her own door.
repulsiveadjectiveUS /riˈpʌlsɪv/
offensive to the mind
From this reading Life in its crudest, its most repulsive aspect stared at her out of the darkness.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
spedverbUS /sped/
inflected form of “speed” — move hurridly
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Life in its crudest, its most repulsive aspect stared at her out of the darkness.
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading And a new furtiveness--born of the new realisation--assailed her when at last she stepped from the cab at her own door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Almost immediately a second cab appeared, and, finding it at her disposal, Clodagh hailed it eagerly and gave the address of the flat.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
unpleasantadjectiveUS /ənˈplezənt/
offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
a vivid mental image
From this reading As the horse sped away in the direction of her home, she sat almost motionless, her only gesture being to lift her hands to her eyes from time to time, as if to shut out some near and unpleasant vision.
at the time that
From this reading And a new furtiveness--born of the new realisation--assailed her when at last she stepped from the cab at her own door.
