Chapter VI · The Place of Chance

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

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

an increase by natural growth or addition

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading All the front seats were taken save two.

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

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

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

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading The place was half filled when they arrived.

plural of “article” — nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

plural of “bag” — a flexible container with a single opening

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

plural of “bale” — a large bundle bound for storage or transport

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

completely unclothed

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Before them was a long, high platform.

next to; at the side of

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

favorite

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

plural of “box” — a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

plural of “bundle” — a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

the overhead upper surface of a covered space

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

being one more than ten

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

give expression to

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with

From this reading The place was half filled when they arrived.

set up or found

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

the side that is forward or prominent

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

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

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading The place was half filled when they arrived.

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading Before them was a long, high platform.

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

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

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From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading Before them was a long, high platform.

no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

according to the clock

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

not divisible by two

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

plural of “office” — place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

past form of “pile” — arrange in stacks

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading The place was half filled when they arrived.

a raised horizontal surface

From this reading Before them was a long, high platform.

rebuffed (by a lover) without warning

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

except for; apart from

From this reading All the front seats were taken save two.

(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

an area that includes places where several people can sit

From this reading All the front seats were taken save two.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading All the front seats were taken save two.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

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

From this reading At eleven o’clock that morning Jeanne found herself seated beside the blue-eyed, laughing Merry in the front row of chairs of a big, bare salesroom.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Before them was a long, high platform.

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

From this reading The place was half filled when they arrived.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

(used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading All the front seats were taken save two.

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

From this reading Before them was a long, high platform.

possessive form of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading Back of the platform, piled to the ceiling, was an odd assortment of boxes, bales, bags, trunks and bundles, the week’s accumulation of articles lost or rejected in the offices of a great express company.

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

From this reading All the front seats were taken save two.

at the time that

From this reading The place was half filled when they arrived.