used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading John himself makes a hearty breakfast, but glances occasionally at Lucy’s silent abstemiousness.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Not well, Lucy, this morning?" says John, who is beginning to despair about her fitting in to mission life.
abstemiousnessnoun
restricted to bare necessities
From this reading John himself makes a hearty breakfast, but glances occasionally at Lucy’s silent abstemiousness.
acheverbUS /eɪk/
feel physical pain
From this reading The conviction which he often repels takes him now with an ache.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The conviction which he often repels takes him now with an ache.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
AndersonnounUS /ˈændərsən/
United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941)
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
Ann
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From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading John himself makes a hearty breakfast, but glances occasionally at Lucy’s silent abstemiousness.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
Bayley
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From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
for the reason that
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading "Not well, Lucy, this morning?" says John, who is beginning to despair about her fitting in to mission life.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading John himself makes a hearty breakfast, but glances occasionally at Lucy’s silent abstemiousness.
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading John himself makes a hearty breakfast, but glances occasionally at Lucy’s silent abstemiousness.
rid of obstructions
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
From this reading The conviction which he often repels takes him now with an ache.
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading "Not well, Lucy, this morning?" says John, who is beginning to despair about her fitting in to mission life.
Don't
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From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
fittingadjectiveUS /ˈfɪtɪŋ/
in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
From this reading "Not well, Lucy, this morning?" says John, who is beginning to despair about her fitting in to mission life.
FlorencenounUS /ˈflɔːrəns/
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
glancesnounUS /ˈɡlænsɪz/
plural of “glance” — a quick look
From this reading John himself makes a hearty breakfast, but glances occasionally at Lucy’s silent abstemiousness.
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading She goes out.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The conviction which he often repels takes him now with an ache.
heartyadjectiveUS /ˈhɑːrti/
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading John himself makes a hearty breakfast, but glances occasionally at Lucy’s silent abstemiousness.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Not well, Lucy, this morning?" says John, who is beginning to despair about her fitting in to mission life.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The conviction which he often repels takes him now with an ache.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading John himself makes a hearty breakfast, but glances occasionally at Lucy’s silent abstemiousness.
housekeepernounUS /ˈhaʊskiːpər/
a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Not well, Lucy, this morning?" says John, who is beginning to despair about her fitting in to mission life.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Not well, Lucy, this morning?" says John, who is beginning to despair about her fitting in to mission life.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading John himself makes a hearty breakfast, but glances occasionally at Lucy’s silent abstemiousness.
immediately past
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "Not well, Lucy, this morning?" says John, who is beginning to despair about her fitting in to mission life.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
Lucy'snounUS /ˈluːsiz/
possessive form of “lucy” — incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading John himself makes a hearty breakfast, but glances occasionally at Lucy’s silent abstemiousness.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading John himself makes a hearty breakfast, but glances occasionally at Lucy’s silent abstemiousness.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
From this reading "Not well, Lucy, this morning?" says John, who is beginning to despair about her fitting in to mission life.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading "Not well, Lucy, this morning?" says John, who is beginning to despair about her fitting in to mission life.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not well, Lucy, this morning?" says John, who is beginning to despair about her fitting in to mission life.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The conviction which he often repels takes him now with an ache.
sporadically and infrequently
From this reading John himself makes a hearty breakfast, but glances occasionally at Lucy’s silent abstemiousness.
many times at short intervals
From this reading The conviction which he often repels takes him now with an ache.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She goes out.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
Priscilla
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From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
repelsverbUS /rɪˈpelz/
third-person singular of “repel” — cause to move back by force or influence
From this reading The conviction which he often repels takes him now with an ache.
risesnounUS /ˈraɪzəz/
plural of “rise” — a growth in strength or number or importance
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She goes out.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading John himself makes a hearty breakfast, but glances occasionally at Lucy’s silent abstemiousness.
be seated
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
From this reading The conviction which he often repels takes him now with an ache.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Not well, Lucy, this morning?" says John, who is beginning to despair about her fitting in to mission life.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
washverbUS /wɑːʃ/
clean with some chemical process
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Not well, Lucy, this morning?" says John, who is beginning to despair about her fitting in to mission life.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The conviction which he often repels takes him now with an ache.
which person or people
From this reading "Not well, Lucy, this morning?" says John, who is beginning to despair about her fitting in to mission life.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The conviction which he often repels takes him now with an ache.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading At last Ann, the housekeeper, rises after Brothers Bayley and Anderson have left the table for their work, and says to Lucy: "Don’t sit too long over your food because I want Priscilla and Florence to clear away, wash up and then come to me...."
