used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A LADY'S BIT OF WORK.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The Dennison children, after a two nights' banishment, had come down to dessert again.
anew
From this reading The Dennison children, after a two nights' banishment, had come down to dessert again.
AlfrednounUS /ˈælfrəd/
king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
arisenverbUS /ərˈɪzən/
inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading The Carlin children had come to tea, and a great dissension had arisen between the two parties.
backedadjectiveUS /bækt/
having a back or backing, usually of a specified type
From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
banishmentnounUS /ˈbænɪʃmənt/
the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
From this reading The Dennison children, after a two nights' banishment, had come down to dessert again.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
behalfnounUS /bɪˈhæf/
as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as “on behalf of” rather than “in behalf of”)
From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
belauded
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From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The Carlin children had come to tea, and a great dissension had arisen between the two parties.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading A LADY'S BIT OF WORK.
breachverbUS /briːtʃ/
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
Carlin
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From this reading The Carlin children had come to tea, and a great dissension had arisen between the two parties.
Carlins
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From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading The Dennison children, after a two nights' banishment, had come down to dessert again.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The Dennison children, after a two nights' banishment, had come down to dessert again.
committingverbUS /kəˈmɪtɪŋ/
inflected form of “commit” — perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
Cormack
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From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
cudgelsnounUS /ˈkʌdʒəlz/
plural of “cudgel” — a club that is used as a weapon
From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
Dennison
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From this reading The Dennison children, after a two nights' banishment, had come down to dessert again.
dessertnounUS /dɪˈzɜːrt/
a dish served as the last course of a meal
From this reading The Dennison children, after a two nights' banishment, had come down to dessert again.
dineverbUS /daɪn/
have supper; eat dinner
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
disgraceverbUS /dɪsˈɡreɪs/
bring shame or dishonor upon
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
dissensionnounUS /dɪˈsenʃən/
disagreement among those expected to cooperate
From this reading The Carlin children had come to tea, and a great dissension had arisen between the two parties.
donornounUS /ˈdoʊnər/
person who makes a gift of property
From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
Dora
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From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The Dennison children, after a two nights' banishment, had come down to dessert again.
half the width of an em
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
famille
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From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
fiercelyadverbUS /ˈfɪrsli/
in a physically fierce manner
From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
willing to give and share unstintingly
From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
death of a person
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The Carlin children had come to tea, and a great dissension had arisen between the two parties.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Dennison children, after a two nights' banishment, had come down to dessert again.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
hospitalitynounUS /ˌhɑːspəˈtæləti/
kindness in welcoming guests or strangers
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
icesnounUS /ˈaɪsəz/
plural of “ice” — water frozen in the solid state
From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
free from evil or guilt
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
LADY'SnounUS /ˈleɪdiz/
possessive form of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading A LADY'S BIT OF WORK.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
Loring's
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From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
Madge
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From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
social deportment
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading The Dennison children, after a two nights' banishment, had come down to dessert again.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A LADY'S BIT OF WORK.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
plural of “party” — an organization to gain political power
From this reading The Carlin children had come to tea, and a great dissension had arisen between the two parties.
plaintivelyadverbUS /ˈpleɪntaɪvli/
in a plaintive manner
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
hurting
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
statedadjectiveUS /ˈsteɪtɪd/
declared as fact; explicitly stated
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading The Carlin children had come to tea, and a great dissension had arisen between the two parties.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Dennison children, after a two nights' banishment, had come down to dessert again.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Dennison children, after a two nights' banishment, had come down to dessert again.
male cat
From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The Dennison children, after a two nights' banishment, had come down to dessert again.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The Carlins had belauded the generous donor of ices; Madge had taken up the cudgels fiercely on Tom Loring's behalf, and Dora and Alfred had backed her up.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
which person or people
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading A LADY'S BIT OF WORK.
used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
From this reading They had been in sore disgrace, caused (it was stated to Mrs. Cormack, who had been invited to dine _en famille_) by a grave breach of hospitality and good manners which Madge had led the younger ones--who tried to look plaintively innocent--into committing.
