used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
anew
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
(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 For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading A name forgotten on my lips, yet always speaking and calling to me with the tongues of memory.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading At that moment my arm slipped, I grasped hold of the side of my arm-chair, but not without coming forward with a start....
arm-chair
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From this reading At that moment my arm slipped, I grasped hold of the side of my arm-chair, but not without coming forward with a start....
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At that moment my arm slipped, I grasped hold of the side of my arm-chair, but not without coming forward with a start....
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading At that moment my arm slipped, I grasped hold of the side of my arm-chair, but not without coming forward with a start....
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading A name forgotten on my lips, yet always speaking and calling to me with the tongues of memory.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading At that moment my arm slipped, I grasped hold of the side of my arm-chair, but not without coming forward with a start....
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading A name forgotten on my lips, yet always speaking and calling to me with the tongues of memory.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading At that moment my arm slipped, I grasped hold of the side of my arm-chair, but not without coming forward with a start....
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
graspedverbUS /ɡræspt/
past form of “grasp” — hold firmly
From this reading At that moment my arm slipped, I grasped hold of the side of my arm-chair, but not without coming forward with a start....
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading At that moment my arm slipped, I grasped hold of the side of my arm-chair, but not without coming forward with a start....
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading A name forgotten on my lips, yet always speaking and calling to me with the tongues of memory.
for more time
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading A name forgotten on my lips, yet always speaking and calling to me with the tongues of memory.
a particular point in time
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading At that moment my arm slipped, I grasped hold of the side of my arm-chair, but not without coming forward with a start....
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading A name forgotten on my lips, yet always speaking and calling to me with the tongues of memory.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading At that moment my arm slipped, I grasped hold of the side of my arm-chair, but not without coming forward with a start....
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A name forgotten on my lips, yet always speaking and calling to me with the tongues of memory.
express in words
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
the place where some action occurs
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading At that moment my arm slipped, I grasped hold of the side of my arm-chair, but not without coming forward with a start....
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading At that moment my arm slipped, I grasped hold of the side of my arm-chair, but not without coming forward with a start....
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading A name forgotten on my lips, yet always speaking and calling to me with the tongues of memory.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading At that moment my arm slipped, I grasped hold of the side of my arm-chair, but not without coming forward with a start....
Susanne
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From this reading Susanne!
carry out
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At that moment my arm slipped, I grasped hold of the side of my arm-chair, but not without coming forward with a start....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
tonguesnounUS /tʌŋz/
plural of “tongue” — a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading A name forgotten on my lips, yet always speaking and calling to me with the tongues of memory.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
well-knownadjectiveUS /ˈwelˈnoʊn/
widely or fully known
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
at the time that
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading At that moment my arm slipped, I grasped hold of the side of my arm-chair, but not without coming forward with a start....
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading At that moment my arm slipped, I grasped hold of the side of my arm-chair, but not without coming forward with a start....
but in spite of that
From this reading A name forgotten on my lips, yet always speaking and calling to me with the tongues of memory.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading For a moment longer I gazed upon this well-known scene, and (as I thought) I heard myself say, “Take me back, oh, take me back again, to the time of youth, and when all nature seemed a friend.”
