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From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
(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 But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Let me take that defaulting miscreant into council when he comes back.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Let me take that defaulting miscreant into council when he comes back.
a body serving in an administrative capacity
From this reading Let me take that defaulting miscreant into council when he comes back.
the specified day of the month
From this reading Seriously, the date of your hospitable note disturbs my soul.
defaultingverbUS /dɪˈfɔːltɪŋ/
-ing form of “default” — fail to pay up
From this reading Let me take that defaulting miscreant into council when he comes back.
disturbsverbUS /dɪˈstɜːrbz/
third-person singular of “disturb” — move deeply
From this reading Seriously, the date of your hospitable note disturbs my soul.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
FaithfullyadverbUS /ˈfeɪθfəli/
in a faithful manner
From this reading Faithfully yours.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Let me take that defaulting miscreant into council when he comes back.
hospitableadjectiveUS /ˈhɑːˈspɪtəbəl/
favorable to life and growth
From this reading Seriously, the date of your hospitable note disturbs my soul.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
incessantlyadverbUS /ˌɪnˈsesəntli/
with unflagging resolve
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Let me take that defaulting miscreant into council when he comes back.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
KentnounUS /kent/
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let me take that defaulting miscreant into council when he comes back.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let me take that defaulting miscreant into council when he comes back.
miscreantnounUS /ˈmɪskriənt/
a person without moral scruples
From this reading Let me take that defaulting miscreant into council when he comes back.
used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”
From this reading [Sidenote: Monsieur Regnier.]
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Seriously, the date of your hospitable note disturbs my soul.
a brief written record
From this reading Seriously, the date of your hospitable note disturbs my soul.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Seriously, the date of your hospitable note disturbs my soul.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
have ownership or possession of
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
Regnier
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Sidenote: Monsieur Regnier.]
in a serious manner
From this reading Seriously, the date of your hospitable note disturbs my soul.
Sidenote
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From this reading [Sidenote: Monsieur Regnier.]
plural of “sort” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading Seriously, the date of your hospitable note disturbs my soul.
carry out
From this reading Let me take that defaulting miscreant into council when he comes back.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Let me take that defaulting miscreant into council when he comes back.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Seriously, the date of your hospitable note disturbs my soul.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
at the time that
From this reading Let me take that defaulting miscreant into council when he comes back.
the act of creating written works
From this reading But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Seriously, the date of your hospitable note disturbs my soul.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading Faithfully yours.
