used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He could never have imagined that a thing like that would have so upset him.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Jones, for the first time in his life, felt the faintness that comes after supreme exertion.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
champagnenounUS /ʃæmˈpeɪn/
a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Jones, for the first time in his life, felt the faintness that comes after supreme exertion.
contemplatedverbUS /ˈkɑːntəmpleɪtɪd/
past form of “contemplate” — look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He could never have imagined that a thing like that would have so upset him.
crushedadjectiveUS /krʌʃt/
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
being one more than seven
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
endedadjectiveUS /ˈendəd/
having come or been brought to a conclusion
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
exertionnounUS /ɪɡˈzɜːrʃən/
use of physical or mental energy; hard work
From this reading Jones, for the first time in his life, felt the faintness that comes after supreme exertion.
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
facingnounUS /ˈfeɪsɪŋ/
a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
faintnessnounUS /ˈfeɪntnəs/
a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
From this reading Jones, for the first time in his life, felt the faintness that comes after supreme exertion.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Jones, for the first time in his life, felt the faintness that comes after supreme exertion.
finnounUS /fɪn/
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
start firing a weapon
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Jones, for the first time in his life, felt the faintness that comes after supreme exertion.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Jones, for the first time in his life, felt the faintness that comes after supreme exertion.
freedverbUS /friːd/
past form of “free” — grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
destroyed or killed
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
gottenverbUS /ˈɡɑːtən/
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
highest in quality
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He could never have imagined that a thing like that would have so upset him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He could never have imagined that a thing like that would have so upset him.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He could never have imagined that a thing like that would have so upset him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jones, for the first time in his life, felt the faintness that comes after supreme exertion.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
past form of “imagine” — form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
From this reading He could never have imagined that a thing like that would have so upset him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Jones, for the first time in his life, felt the faintness that comes after supreme exertion.
a single distinct event
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
incubusnoun
a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
INTRUDERSnounUS /ˌɪnˈtruːdərz/
plural of “intruder” — someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading Jones, for the first time in his life, felt the faintness that comes after supreme exertion.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
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 He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Jones, for the first time in his life, felt the faintness that comes after supreme exertion.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading He could never have imagined that a thing like that would have so upset him.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
magnitudenounUS /ˈmæɡnətuːd/
the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading He could never have imagined that a thing like that would have so upset him.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
a judge of a probate court
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
plural of “pound” — 16 ounces avoirdupois
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
roguenounUS /roʊɡ/
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
saddle-bag
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From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He could never have imagined that a thing like that would have so upset him.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
supremeadjectiveUS /səˈpriːm/
final or last in your life or progress
From this reading Jones, for the first time in his life, felt the faintness that comes after supreme exertion.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
a special situation
From this reading He could never have imagined that a thing like that would have so upset him.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Jones, for the first time in his life, felt the faintness that comes after supreme exertion.
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
untenableadjectiveUS /ənˈtenəbəl/
(of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
From this reading He had crushed the greatest rogue in London, taken from him eight thousand pounds of ill gotten money, and freed himself of an incubus that would have made his position untenable.
upsetverbUS /əpˈset/
disturb the balance or stability of
From this reading He could never have imagined that a thing like that would have so upset him.
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
VolesnounUS /voʊlz/
plural of “vole” — any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MORE INTRUDERS The little glass that had held the _fin champagne_ stood on the table, the door was shut, Voles was gone, and the incident was ended.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading He was unconscious during the whole of the business that he was putting out more energy than ordinary, he knew it now as he contemplated the magnitude of his victory, sitting exhausted in the big saddle-bag chair on the left of the fire place and facing the door.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He could never have imagined that a thing like that would have so upset him.
