Chapter XI

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

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

-ing form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

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

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

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

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

prevent from being seen or discovered

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

approval

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

not carefully or expertly made

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

a licensed medical practitioner

From this reading "Hurry, Doctor!

the state of being unsure of something

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

any strong feeling

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

set up or found

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading I will go before you.

destroyed or killed

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

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

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

third-person singular of “hear” — perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

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

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

longing to return home

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry

From this reading "Hurry, Doctor!

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

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

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

apprehended with certainty

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

without good reason

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

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

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

not one and not the other of two

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

not one, and not any

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

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

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

a person who requires medical care

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

-ing form of “perceive” — to become aware of through the senses

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

accomplished rapidly and without delay

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

generally approved or compelling recognition

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

located far away spatially

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

cut with a saw

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

express in words

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

express in speech

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

the property of being physically or mentally strong

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

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

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

arousing affect

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

a person who changes location

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

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

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading My emotion was so great that I could not conceal it; and she, in her own quick and delicate way, perceiving this almost before I did myself, made as if she saw it not, and lightly adding:

at the time that

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

in or at the place that

From this reading Some homesick traveller in a foreign land, where he is known of none and can neither speak nor understand the language of the country; taken ill, let us say, at a remote inn, his strength and credit gone, and he, in pain and fever, hears, one blessed day, the voice of an old friend in the court below.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Such a man may think he has--but I doubt if he have--some crude conception of the state of feeling in which I found myself, when recognized in this touching manner by my old patient.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading I will go before you.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I will go before you.