used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
how long something has existed
From this reading The Mershon Company Rahway, N. J. New York Christian Mitford was thirteen years of age.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Christian was an only child.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She was supposed to be much spoilt, and it was well known she had a will of her own.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
a young person of either sex
From this reading Christian was an only child.
relating to or characteristic of Christianity
From this reading The Mershon Company Rahway, N. J. New York Christian Mitford was thirteen years of age.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading The Mershon Company Rahway, N. J. New York Christian Mitford was thirteen years of age.
the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
opinion or judgment
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
a young female
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
an established custom
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
https
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She was supposed to be much spoilt, and it was well known she had a will of her own.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading The Mershon Company Rahway, N. J. New York Christian Mitford was thirteen years of age.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading She was supposed to be much spoilt, and it was well known she had a will of her own.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
Mershon
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From this reading The Mershon Company Rahway, N. J. New York Christian Mitford was thirteen years of age.
Mitfordnoun
United States writer (born in England) who wrote on American culture (1917-1996)
From this reading The Mershon Company Rahway, N. J. New York Christian Mitford was thirteen years of age.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading She was supposed to be much spoilt, and it was well known she had a will of her own.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading The Mershon Company Rahway, N. J. New York Christian Mitford was thirteen years of age.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading The Mershon Company Rahway, N. J. New York Christian Mitford was thirteen years of age.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Mershon Company Rahway, N. J. New York Christian Mitford was thirteen years of age.
and nothing more
From this reading Christian was an only child.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading She was supposed to be much spoilt, and it was well known she had a will of her own.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
pronouncedadjectiveUS /prəˈnaʊnst/
strongly marked; easily noticeable
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
quantitiesnounUS /ˈkwɑːntətiz/
plural of “quantity” — how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
Rahway
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From this reading The Mershon Company Rahway, N. J. New York Christian Mitford was thirteen years of age.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
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a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
spoiltadjective
having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention
From this reading She was supposed to be much spoilt, and it was well known she had a will of her own.
required or under orders
From this reading She was supposed to be much spoilt, and it was well known she had a will of her own.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Mershon Company Rahway, N. J. New York Christian Mitford was thirteen years of age.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
thirteennounUS /ˈθɜːrˈtiːn/
the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
From this reading The Mershon Company Rahway, N. J. New York Christian Mitford was thirteen years of age.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was supposed to be much spoilt, and it was well known she had a will of her own.
tumblingnounUS /ˈtʌmbəlɪŋ/
the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
untidyadjectiveUS /ənˈtaɪdi/
not neat and tidy
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
precisely as stated
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Mershon Company Rahway, N. J. New York Christian Mitford was thirteen years of age.
(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 She was supposed to be much spoilt, and it was well known she had a will of her own.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading She was supposed to be much spoilt, and it was well known she had a will of her own.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was a tall girl with a pale face, a little pronounced in expression, and quantities of thick, untidy, very bright fair hair, which had a habit of tumbling in a great mass over her eyes and round her shoulders.
a late time of life
From this reading The Mershon Company Rahway, N. J. New York Christian Mitford was thirteen years of age.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading The Mershon Company Rahway, N. J. New York Christian Mitford was thirteen years of age.
