Chapter III · Chapter 3

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

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading "And what's that?" she cried back tolerantly, though the dark thoughts buzzed about her head like bees.

farther along in physical or mental development

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

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

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

eagerly desirous

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?

any thing at all

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?

make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

exceptionally bad or displeasing

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading "And what's that?" she cried back tolerantly, though the dark thoughts buzzed about her head like bees.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?

plural of “bee” — any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species

From this reading "And what's that?" she cried back tolerantly, though the dark thoughts buzzed about her head like bees.

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

plural of “boot” — footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?

past form of “buzz” — make a buzzing sound

From this reading "And what's that?" she cried back tolerantly, though the dark thoughts buzzed about her head like bees.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

a collection of things sharing a common attribute

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

the body of faculty and students of a college

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

absence of light or illumination

From this reading "And what's that?" she cried back tolerantly, though the dark thoughts buzzed about her head like bees.

dearly loved

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

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

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

indulging in or influenced by fancy

From this reading These fanciful women!

undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

start firing a weapon

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

having frets

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

superlative of “grand” — of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

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

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

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

From this reading "And what's that?" she cried back tolerantly, though the dark thoughts buzzed about her head like bees.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

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

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

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

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

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

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

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

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?

a room equipped for preparing meals

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading "And what's that?" she cried back tolerantly, though the dark thoughts buzzed about her head like bees.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?

the second day of the week; the first working day

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?

a form of address for a man

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?

offensive or even (of persons) malicious

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

and nothing more

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

used of mouth or eyes

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

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

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

a person, without saying who

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?

the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

carry out

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

express in words

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "And what's that?" she cried back tolerantly, though the dark thoughts buzzed about her head like bees.

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

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading These fanciful women!

a special situation

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading "And what's that?" she cried back tolerantly, though the dark thoughts buzzed about her head like bees.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading "And what's that?" she cried back tolerantly, though the dark thoughts buzzed about her head like bees.

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

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

in a tolerant manner

From this reading "And what's that?" she cried back tolerantly, though the dark thoughts buzzed about her head like bees.

(used informally) very small

From this reading She thought she could feel better if she could only tell someone how Mr. Philip had sat by her fire like a nasty wee black imp and said that awful thing.

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

From this reading "And what's that?" she cried back tolerantly, though the dark thoughts buzzed about her head like bees.

at the time that

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

which person or people

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?

in the company of; together with

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading These fanciful women!

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I When she opened the door with her latchkey on Monday evening, late from a class in Advanced Commercial Spanish at Skerry's College, and sat down in the hall to take her boots off, her mother cried out from the kitchen, "Ellen, I've got the grandest surprise for you!"

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

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?

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

From this reading But she must not tell her mother, who would only be fretted by it and ask like a little anxious mouse, "You're sure you've not said anything, dear?