used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
adventurousadjectiveUS /ædˈventʃərəs/
willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading She chafed against the confinement and the regularity of the well-ordered arrangements.
(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 "How can you all go on every day so contentedly with this 'prunes and prism' business?
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
arrangementsnounUS /ərˈeɪndʒmənts/
plural of “arrangement” — the thing arranged or agreed to
From this reading She chafed against the confinement and the regularity of the well-ordered arrangements.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I feel as if I were shut up in a box!" she declared.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
boardingnounUS /ˈbɔːrdɪŋ/
the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading "I feel as if I were shut up in a box!" she declared.
Briarcroft
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From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading "How can you all go on every day so contentedly with this 'prunes and prism' business?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "How can you all go on every day so contentedly with this 'prunes and prism' business?
chafedadjectiveUS /tʃeɪft/
painful from having the skin abraded
From this reading She chafed against the confinement and the regularity of the well-ordered arrangements.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
confinementnounUS /kənˈfaɪnmənt/
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
From this reading She chafed against the confinement and the regularity of the well-ordered arrangements.
unvarying in nature
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
contentedlyadverbUS /kənˈtentədli/
with equanimity
From this reading "How can you all go on every day so contentedly with this 'prunes and prism' business?
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "How can you all go on every day so contentedly with this 'prunes and prism' business?
made known or openly avowed
From this reading "I feel as if I were shut up in a box!" she declared.
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "How can you all go on every day so contentedly with this 'prunes and prism' business?
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
fadedadjectiveUS /ˈfeɪdəd/
having lost freshness or brilliance of color
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading "I feel as if I were shut up in a box!" she declared.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
FlingverbUS /flɪŋ/
throw with force or recklessness
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
Gipsynoun
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
givenadjectiveUS /ˈɡɪvən/
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "How can you all go on every day so contentedly with this 'prunes and prism' business?
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
How
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From this reading "How can you all go on every day so contentedly with this 'prunes and prism' business?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I feel as if I were shut up in a box!" she declared.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "I feel as if I were shut up in a box!" she declared.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
introductionnounUS /ˌɪntrəˈdʌkʃən/
the act of beginning something new
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
move something or somebody to a lower position
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
monotonousadjectiveUS /məˈnɑːtənəs/
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
mutinynounUS /ˈmjuːtəni/
open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
noveltynounUS /ˈnɑːvəlti/
originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "How can you all go on every day so contentedly with this 'prunes and prism' business?
primverbUS /prɪm/
assume a prim appearance
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
prismnounUS /ˈprɪzəm/
a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
From this reading "How can you all go on every day so contentedly with this 'prunes and prism' business?
prunesnounUS /pruːnz/
plural of “prune” — dried plum
From this reading "How can you all go on every day so contentedly with this 'prunes and prism' business?
regimenounUS /rəˈʒiːm/
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
regularitynounUS /ˌreɡjəˈlerəti/
a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles
From this reading She chafed against the confinement and the regularity of the well-ordered arrangements.
rovingnounUS /ˈroʊvɪŋ/
travelling about without any clear destination
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
an educational institution
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading "I feel as if I were shut up in a box!" she declared.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
to a small degree or extent
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
subsidedverbUS /səbˈsaɪdɪd/
past form of “subside” — wear off or die down
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
temperamentnounUS /ˈtemprəmənt/
your usual mood
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "How can you all go on every day so contentedly with this 'prunes and prism' business?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "I feel as if I were shut up in a box!" she declared.
varietynounUS /vərˈaɪəti/
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
From this reading She had an adventurous temperament, and her roving life had given her a taste for constant change and variety, so the prim regime of the English boarding school seemed to her monotonous in the extreme.
well-orderedadjective
ordered well
From this reading She chafed against the confinement and the regularity of the well-ordered arrangements.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "I feel as if I were shut up in a box!" she declared.
at the time that
From this reading Gipsy takes her Fling WHEN the novelty of her introduction to Briarcroft had somewhat faded, and the excitement of the Lower School mutiny had subsided, Gipsy began to find the life more than a trifle dull.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "How can you all go on every day so contentedly with this 'prunes and prism' business?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "How can you all go on every day so contentedly with this 'prunes and prism' business?
