used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She was looking at him with cool questioning in her grey eyes, her lips drawn to a hard line.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
Alston
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From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was looking at him with cool questioning in her grey eyes, her lips drawn to a hard line.
averageadjectiveUS /ˈævərɪdʒ/
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
cheapadjectiveUS /tʃiːp/
relatively low in price or charging low prices
From this reading She was wearing a dress that instinct told him was of some cheap material.
clothing in general
From this reading He was not a man who usually noticed a woman’s clothes, yet the picture impressed on his mind of this girl was a very complete one.
coldestadjectiveUS /ˈkoʊldəst/
superlative of “cold” — having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
comparisonnounUS /kəmˈperəsən/
the act of examining resemblances
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading He was not a man who usually noticed a woman’s clothes, yet the picture impressed on his mind of this girl was a very complete one.
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading She was looking at him with cool questioning in her grey eyes, her lips drawn to a hard line.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
recognizable; marked
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
disdainfullyadverb
in a proud and domineering manner
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading She was looking at him with cool questioning in her grey eyes, her lips drawn to a hard line.
put on clothes
From this reading She was wearing a dress that instinct told him was of some cheap material.
enquiring
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From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
at any time
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
the organ of sight
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
opinion or judgment
From this reading She was looking at him with cool questioning in her grey eyes, her lips drawn to a hard line.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
a young female
From this reading He was not a man who usually noticed a woman’s clothes, yet the picture impressed on his mind of this girl was a very complete one.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading She was looking at him with cool questioning in her grey eyes, her lips drawn to a hard line.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading She was looking at him with cool questioning in her grey eyes, her lips drawn to a hard line.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was looking at him with cool questioning in her grey eyes, her lips drawn to a hard line.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
Hugh
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From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
deeply or markedly affected or influenced
From this reading He was not a man who usually noticed a woman’s clothes, yet the picture impressed on his mind of this girl was a very complete one.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli
From this reading She was wearing a dress that instinct told him was of some cheap material.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
LindennounUS /ˈlɪndən/
soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading She was looking at him with cool questioning in her grey eyes, her lips drawn to a hard line.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading She was looking at him with cool questioning in her grey eyes, her lips drawn to a hard line.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading She was looking at him with cool questioning in her grey eyes, her lips drawn to a hard line.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading He was not a man who usually noticed a woman’s clothes, yet the picture impressed on his mind of this girl was a very complete one.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
Marjorie
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From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
From this reading She was wearing a dress that instinct told him was of some cheap material.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
used to form the superlative
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He was not a man who usually noticed a woman’s clothes, yet the picture impressed on his mind of this girl was a very complete one.
being perceived or observed
From this reading He was not a man who usually noticed a woman’s clothes, yet the picture impressed on his mind of this girl was a very complete one.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was not a man who usually noticed a woman’s clothes, yet the picture impressed on his mind of this girl was a very complete one.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He was not a man who usually noticed a woman’s clothes, yet the picture impressed on his mind of this girl was a very complete one.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
by chance
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
questioningadjectiveUS /ˈkwestʃənɪŋ/
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
From this reading She was looking at him with cool questioning in her grey eyes, her lips drawn to a hard line.
cut with a saw
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was looking at him with cool questioning in her grey eyes, her lips drawn to a hard line.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading She was wearing a dress that instinct told him was of some cheap material.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
talleradjectiveUS /ˈtɔːlər/
comparative of “tall” — great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was wearing a dress that instinct told him was of some cheap material.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He was not a man who usually noticed a woman’s clothes, yet the picture impressed on his mind of this girl was a very complete one.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading She was wearing a dress that instinct told him was of some cheap material.
under normal conditions
From this reading He was not a man who usually noticed a woman’s clothes, yet the picture impressed on his mind of this girl was a very complete one.
precisely as stated
From this reading He was not a man who usually noticed a woman’s clothes, yet the picture impressed on his mind of this girl was a very complete one.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading FACE TO FACE It was, Hugh Alston decided, the most beautiful face he had ever seen in his life and the coldest, or so it seemed to him.
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
From this reading She was wearing a dress that instinct told him was of some cheap material.
which person or people
From this reading He was not a man who usually noticed a woman’s clothes, yet the picture impressed on his mind of this girl was a very complete one.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was looking at him with cool questioning in her grey eyes, her lips drawn to a hard line.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
woman'snounUS /ˈwʊmənz/
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading He was not a man who usually noticed a woman’s clothes, yet the picture impressed on his mind of this girl was a very complete one.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He saw her as she stood before him, and as he saw her now, so would he carry the memory of the picture she made in his mind for many a day to come—tall, perhaps a little taller than the average woman, tall by comparison with Marjorie Linden, brown of hair and grey of eye, with a disdainfully enquiring look about her.
but in spite of that
From this reading He was not a man who usually noticed a woman’s clothes, yet the picture impressed on his mind of this girl was a very complete one.
