Chapter VIII

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

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

(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 He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

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

From this reading I had never realised till this moment what an extraordinarily formidable old bird he was.

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

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

any person at all

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

large or big relative to something else

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

From this reading I had never realised till this moment what an extraordinarily formidable old bird he was.

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

the act of examining resemblances

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

make void or empty of contents

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

come together

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

extremely

From this reading I had never realised till this moment what an extraordinarily formidable old bird he was.

plural of “eyebrow” — the arch of hair above each eye

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

opinion or judgment

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

to certain extent or degree

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

a boy or man

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

extremely impressive in strength or excellence

From this reading I had never realised till this moment what an extraordinarily formidable old bird he was.

inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

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 was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

plural of “hat” — headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

From this reading I suppose he must have taken about a nine or something in hats.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I suppose he must have taken about a nine or something in hats.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading I had never realised till this moment what an extraordinarily formidable old bird he was.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

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

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

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

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

take the midday meal

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

plural of “make” — a recognizable kind

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

come together

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

inflected form of “meet” — come together

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

a particular point in time

From this reading I had never realised till this moment what an extraordinarily formidable old bird he was.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

used to form the superlative

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading I suppose he must have taken about a nine or something in hats.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading I had never realised till this moment what an extraordinarily formidable old bird he was.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one

From this reading I suppose he must have taken about a nine or something in hats.

not any; not one

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading I had never realised till this moment what an extraordinarily formidable old bird he was.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

and nothing more

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading I suppose he must have taken about a nine or something in hats.

a set of two similar things considered as a unit

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

possessive form of “paul” — United States feminist (1885-1977)

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

almost; nearly

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

successfully completed or brought to an end

From this reading I had never realised till this moment what an extraordinarily formidable old bird he was.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

Identical; not different.

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

used of hair; thick and poorly groomed

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

term of address for a man

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

express a supposition

From this reading I suppose he must have taken about a nine or something in hats.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading I suppose he must have taken about a nine or something in hats.

great in vertical dimension; high in stature

From this reading He was fairly tall and fairly broad, and he had the most enormous head, with practically no hair on it, which made it seem bigger and much more like the dome of St. Paul’s.

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

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

in or at that place or location

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

a special situation

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading I had never realised till this moment what an extraordinarily formidable old bird he was.

up to a particular time

From this reading I had never realised till this moment what an extraordinarily formidable old bird he was.

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

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

(informal) small and of little importance

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

desired or wished for or sought

From this reading He had a pair of shaggy eyebrows which gave his eyes a piercing look which was not at all the sort of thing a fellow wanted to encounter on an empty stomach.

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

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading I had never realised till this moment what an extraordinarily formidable old bird he was.

at the time that

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

in the company of; together with

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH I had met Sir Roderick Glossop before, of course, but only when I was with Honoria; and there is something about Honoria which makes almost anybody you meet in the same room seem sort of under-sized and trivial by comparison.