Chapter XV

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

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

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

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

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

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

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

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

a timepiece that shows the time of day

From this reading Prue's like that crazy old clock Selina Pinckney left me in her will.

affected with madness or insanity

From this reading Prue's like that crazy old clock Selina Pinckney left me in her will.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

the act of departing

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

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

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

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

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

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

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with

From this reading "It's not impossible.

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

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

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

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

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

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

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

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

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

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

a room equipped for preparing meals

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading Prue's like that crazy old clock Selina Pinckney left me in her will.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

a midday meal

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

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

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

immediately following in time or order

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading "It's not impossible.

capable or worthy of being noticed

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

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

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

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

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

a public square with room for pedestrians

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

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

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

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

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

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

From this reading Prue's like that crazy old clock Selina Pinckney left me in her will.

To recall to mind.

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

inflected form of “reply” — react verbally

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

Identical; not different.

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

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

From this reading Prue's like that crazy old clock Selina Pinckney left me in her will.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

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

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

an instance of visual perception

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

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

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

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

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

in spite of the fact that

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

on a floor above

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

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

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

at the time that

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading "I was thinking," replied Phyl, "that the old woman in the kitchen--Prue--may have meant Juliet when she called me Julie, and that it was the likeness that set her mind going."

the day immediately before today

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Miss Pinckney," said Phyl, as they sat at luncheon that day, "you remember you said yesterday that I was like Juliet Mascarene?"

the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to

From this reading "So you are," replied the other, "though the likeness is more noticeable at first sight as far as the face goes--I've got a picture of her I will show you, it's upstairs in her room, the one next yours on the same piazza--why do you ask me?"