used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Put a pillow under her head, and let her sleep," Felix said in a whisper.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading "Poor child, it would be cruel to send her alone to-night into her own quarters."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Put a pillow under her head, and let her sleep," Felix said in a whisper.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Poor child, it would be cruel to send her alone to-night into her own quarters."
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Toward midnight Muriel began to doze lightly from pure fatigue.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading And Mali slipped a pillow of mulberry paper under her mistress's head, and laid it on her own lap, and bent down to watch her.
a young person of either sex
From this reading "Poor child, it would be cruel to send her alone to-night into her own quarters."
crueladjectiveUS /ˈkruːəl/
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading "Poor child, it would be cruel to send her alone to-night into her own quarters."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading And Mali slipped a pillow of mulberry paper under her mistress's head, and laid it on her own lap, and bent down to watch her.
dozeverbUS /doʊz/
sleep lightly or for a short period of time
From this reading Toward midnight Muriel began to doze lightly from pure fatigue.
fatiguenounUS /fəˈtiːɡ/
temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
From this reading Toward midnight Muriel began to doze lightly from pure fatigue.
Felix
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From this reading "Put a pillow under her head, and let her sleep," Felix said in a whisper.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Toward midnight Muriel began to doze lightly from pure fatigue.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading "Put a pillow under her head, and let her sleep," Felix said in a whisper.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Put a pillow under her head, and let her sleep," Felix said in a whisper.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Put a pillow under her head, and let her sleep," Felix said in a whisper.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Poor child, it would be cruel to send her alone to-night into her own quarters."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Poor child, it would be cruel to send her alone to-night into her own quarters."
set down according to a plan
From this reading And Mali slipped a pillow of mulberry paper under her mistress's head, and laid it on her own lap, and bent down to watch her.
lapverbUS /læp/
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
From this reading And Mali slipped a pillow of mulberry paper under her mistress's head, and laid it on her own lap, and bent down to watch her.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Put a pillow under her head, and let her sleep," Felix said in a whisper.
without good reason
From this reading Toward midnight Muriel began to doze lightly from pure fatigue.
MalinounUS /ˈmɑːli/
a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years
From this reading And Mali slipped a pillow of mulberry paper under her mistress's head, and laid it on her own lap, and bent down to watch her.
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading Toward midnight Muriel began to doze lightly from pure fatigue.
mistress's
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From this reading And Mali slipped a pillow of mulberry paper under her mistress's head, and laid it on her own lap, and bent down to watch her.
mulberrynounUS /ˈmʌlberi/
any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry
From this reading And Mali slipped a pillow of mulberry paper under her mistress's head, and laid it on her own lap, and bent down to watch her.
Muriel
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From this reading Toward midnight Muriel began to doze lightly from pure fatigue.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And Mali slipped a pillow of mulberry paper under her mistress's head, and laid it on her own lap, and bent down to watch her.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And Mali slipped a pillow of mulberry paper under her mistress's head, and laid it on her own lap, and bent down to watch her.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "Poor child, it would be cruel to send her alone to-night into her own quarters."
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading And Mali slipped a pillow of mulberry paper under her mistress's head, and laid it on her own lap, and bent down to watch her.
pillownounUS /ˈpɪloʊ/
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading "Put a pillow under her head, and let her sleep," Felix said in a whisper.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "Poor child, it would be cruel to send her alone to-night into her own quarters."
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading Toward midnight Muriel began to doze lightly from pure fatigue.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Put a pillow under her head, and let her sleep," Felix said in a whisper.
housing available for people to live in
From this reading "Poor child, it would be cruel to send her alone to-night into her own quarters."
REAPINGverbUS /ˈriːpɪŋ/
-ing form of “reap” — gather, as of natural products
From this reading REAPING THE WHIRLWIND.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Put a pillow under her head, and let her sleep," Felix said in a whisper.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading "Poor child, it would be cruel to send her alone to-night into her own quarters."
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading "Put a pillow under her head, and let her sleep," Felix said in a whisper.
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading And Mali slipped a pillow of mulberry paper under her mistress's head, and laid it on her own lap, and bent down to watch her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading REAPING THE WHIRLWIND.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Toward midnight Muriel began to doze lightly from pure fatigue.
to-night
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From this reading "Poor child, it would be cruel to send her alone to-night into her own quarters."
TowardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Toward midnight Muriel began to doze lightly from pure fatigue.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading "Put a pillow under her head, and let her sleep," Felix said in a whisper.
look attentively
From this reading And Mali slipped a pillow of mulberry paper under her mistress's head, and laid it on her own lap, and bent down to watch her.
WHIRLWINDnounUS /ˈwɜːrlwɪnd/
a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth
From this reading REAPING THE WHIRLWIND.
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading "Put a pillow under her head, and let her sleep," Felix said in a whisper.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Poor child, it would be cruel to send her alone to-night into her own quarters."
