used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
Anastasia
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From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
react verbally
From this reading She made no answer, but rose, put the manuscript in the drawer, and then returned with a little note which she had taken from her pocket.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She made no answer, but rose, put the manuscript in the drawer, and then returned with a little note which she had taken from her pocket.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
wanted intensely
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
don't
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From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
drawernounUS /drɔːr/
a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
From this reading She made no answer, but rose, put the manuscript in the drawer, and then returned with a little note which she had taken from her pocket.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
foldingnounUS /ˈfoʊldɪŋ/
the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She made no answer, but rose, put the manuscript in the drawer, and then returned with a little note which she had taken from her pocket.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
gratingnounUS /ˈɡreɪtɪŋ/
a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I told her it wanted twenty minutes of twelve.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
discontinued temporarily
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
interstices
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From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I told her it wanted twenty minutes of twelve.
set down according to a plan
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
lapverbUS /læp/
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She made no answer, but rose, put the manuscript in the drawer, and then returned with a little note which she had taken from her pocket.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading She made no answer, but rose, put the manuscript in the drawer, and then returned with a little note which she had taken from her pocket.
manuscriptnounUS /ˈmæn.jə.skrɪpt/
A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed.
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading I told her it wanted twenty minutes of twelve.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
not any; not one
From this reading She made no answer, but rose, put the manuscript in the drawer, and then returned with a little note which she had taken from her pocket.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
a brief written record
From this reading She made no answer, but rose, put the manuscript in the drawer, and then returned with a little note which she had taken from her pocket.
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading She made no answer, but rose, put the manuscript in the drawer, and then returned with a little note which she had taken from her pocket.
pushverbUS /pʊʃ/
move with force
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading She made no answer, but rose, put the manuscript in the drawer, and then returned with a little note which she had taken from her pocket.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading I took the note, unfolded it, and read it.
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading She made no answer, but rose, put the manuscript in the drawer, and then returned with a little note which she had taken from her pocket.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading She made no answer, but rose, put the manuscript in the drawer, and then returned with a little note which she had taken from her pocket.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading She made no answer, but rose, put the manuscript in the drawer, and then returned with a little note which she had taken from her pocket.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading She made no answer, but rose, put the manuscript in the drawer, and then returned with a little note which she had taken from her pocket.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading I told her it wanted twenty minutes of twelve.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading I took the note, unfolded it, and read it.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading I told her it wanted twenty minutes of twelve.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading I told her it wanted twenty minutes of twelve.
unfoldedverbUS /ənˈfoʊldɪd/
past form of “unfold” — develop or come to a promising stage
From this reading I took the note, unfolded it, and read it.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading I told her it wanted twenty minutes of twelve.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading After the reading of half a dozen pages during which she had not interrupted herself, she laid the manuscript in her lap, and asked me the time.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She made no answer, but rose, put the manuscript in the drawer, and then returned with a little note which she had taken from her pocket.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Mother Anastasia desired me to give you this," she said, folding it so that she could push it through one of the interstices of the grating; "she told me to hand it to you as I was coming away, but I don't think she would object to your reading it a little before that."
