Chapter XVI

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

From this reading As a rule, you see, I’m not lugged into Family Rows.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

(followed by “to”) in agreement with or accordant with

From this reading It’s one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor--and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

plural of “advantage” — the quality of having a superior or more favorable position

From this reading It’s one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor--and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.

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From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

(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 “It’s no good trying to get Bertie to take the slightest interest” is more or less the slogan, and I’m bound to say I’m all for it.

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

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading As a rule, you see, I’m not lugged into Family Rows.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

a man who has never been married

From this reading It’s one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor--and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.

having undesirable or negative qualities

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

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

From this reading “It’s no good trying to get Bertie to take the slightest interest” is more or less the slogan, and I’m bound to say I’m all for it.

confined by bonds

From this reading “It’s no good trying to get Bertie to take the slightest interest” is more or less the slogan, and I’m bound to say I’m all for it.

physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

the particular occupation for which you are trained

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

taking care or paying attention

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

group of people related by blood or marriage

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

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From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

the child of your aunt or uncle

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

From this reading It’s one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor--and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.

not as far along as normal in development

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

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

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

an opening that permits escape or release

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

a social unit living together

From this reading As a rule, you see, I’m not lugged into Family Rows.

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading “It’s no good trying to get Bertie to take the slightest interest” is more or less the slogan, and I’m bound to say I’m all for it.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading It’s one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor--and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading It’s one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor--and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading “It’s no good trying to get Bertie to take the slightest interest” is more or less the slogan, and I’m bound to say I’m all for it.

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

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

retarded in intellectual development

From this reading It’s one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor--and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.

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

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

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

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

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

From this reading As a rule, you see, I’m not lugged into Family Rows.

refuse to acknowledge

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

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

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

From this reading “It’s no good trying to get Bertie to take the slightest interest” is more or less the slogan, and I’m bound to say I’m all for it.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading As a rule, you see, I’m not lugged into Family Rows.

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

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

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

From this reading It’s one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor--and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.

possessive form of “james” — a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

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

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

the habitation of wild animals

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

immediately past

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading “It’s no good trying to get Bertie to take the slightest interest” is more or less the slogan, and I’m bound to say I’m all for it.

a written message addressed to a person or organization

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

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

From this reading As a rule, you see, I’m not lugged into Family Rows.

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

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

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

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

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

From this reading “It’s no good trying to get Bertie to take the slightest interest” is more or less the slogan, and I’m bound to say I’m all for it.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

(superlative of “near” or “close”) within the shortest distance

From this reading It’s one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor--and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.

information about recent and important events

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

not any; not one

From this reading “It’s no good trying to get Bertie to take the slightest interest” is more or less the slogan, and I’m bound to say I’m all for it.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading As a rule, you see, I’m not lugged into Family Rows.

something you have to do

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading It’s one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor--and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading “It’s no good trying to get Bertie to take the slightest interest” is more or less the slogan, and I’m bound to say I’m all for it.

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

give pleasure to or be pleasing to

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

almost; nearly

From this reading It’s one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor--and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.

having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

plural of “row” — an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line

From this reading As a rule, you see, I’m not lugged into Family Rows.

a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

From this reading As a rule, you see, I’m not lugged into Family Rows.

express in words

From this reading “It’s no good trying to get Bertie to take the slightest interest” is more or less the slogan, and I’m bound to say I’m all for it.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading As a rule, you see, I’m not lugged into Family Rows.

cause to go somewhere

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

the act of firing a projectile

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

superlative of “slight” — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with “a”) at least some

From this reading “It’s no good trying to get Bertie to take the slightest interest” is more or less the slogan, and I’m bound to say I’m all for it.

a favorite saying of a sect or political group

From this reading “It’s no good trying to get Bertie to take the slightest interest” is more or less the slogan, and I’m bound to say I’m all for it.

past form of “spill” — cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

plural of “swamp” — low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

carry out

From this reading “It’s no good trying to get Bertie to take the slightest interest” is more or less the slogan, and I’m bound to say I’m all for it.

an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

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

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

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

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

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

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

forced to turn and face attackers

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

hard to endure

From this reading “It’s no good trying to get Bertie to take the slightest interest” is more or less the slogan, and I’m bound to say I’m all for it.

the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt

From this reading On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James’s letter about Cousin Mabel’s peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle (“Please read this carefully and send it on to Jane”), the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

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

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

at the time that

From this reading THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE The feeling I had when Aunt Agatha trapped me in my lair that morning and spilled the bad news was that my luck had broken at last.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading As a rule, you see, I’m not lugged into Family Rows.