Chapter XXVII

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading It was a long time after this--almost Christmas--when Isabel’s baby was born.

later than; following

From this reading It was a long time after this--almost Christmas--when Isabel’s baby was born.

(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 The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading It was a long time after this--almost Christmas--when Isabel’s baby was born.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading It was the centre of a hundred sweet consultations, such gossiping, in the true sense of the word, as renews the female soul.

a distinct feature or element in a problem

From this reading Even the Glebe Cottage put on a different aspect with the coming of the new life.

exceptionally bad or displeasing

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

From this reading It was a long time after this--almost Christmas--when Isabel’s baby was born.

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From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

brought into existence

From this reading It was a long time after this--almost Christmas--when Isabel’s baby was born.

a low-lying region in central France

From this reading It was the centre of a hundred sweet consultations, such gossiping, in the true sense of the word, as renews the female soul.

period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

From this reading It was a long time after this--almost Christmas--when Isabel’s baby was born.

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading Even the Glebe Cottage put on a different aspect with the coming of the new life.

plural of “consultation” — a conference (usually with someone important)

From this reading It was the centre of a hundred sweet consultations, such gossiping, in the true sense of the word, as renews the female soul.

a small house with a single story

From this reading Even the Glebe Cottage put on a different aspect with the coming of the new life.

past form of “deepen” — make more intense, stronger, or more marked

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

give pleasure to or be pleasing to

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading Even the Glebe Cottage put on a different aspect with the coming of the new life.

divisible by two

From this reading Even the Glebe Cottage put on a different aspect with the coming of the new life.

being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop

From this reading It was the centre of a hundred sweet consultations, such gossiping, in the true sense of the word, as renews the female soul.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office

From this reading Even the Glebe Cottage put on a different aspect with the coming of the new life.

a state of partial or total darkness

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

a conversation that spreads personal information about other people

From this reading It was the centre of a hundred sweet consultations, such gossiping, in the true sense of the word, as renews the female soul.

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

a large number or amount

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

ten 10s

From this reading It was the centre of a hundred sweet consultations, such gossiping, in the true sense of the word, as renews the female soul.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

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From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

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From this reading It was a long time after this--almost Christmas--when Isabel’s baby was born.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was a long time after this--almost Christmas--when Isabel’s baby was born.

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading The place was metamorphosed and knew itself no longer.

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 The place was metamorphosed and knew itself no longer.

spin, wind, or twist together

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Even the Glebe Cottage put on a different aspect with the coming of the new 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 It was a long time after this--almost Christmas--when Isabel’s baby was born.

for more time

From this reading The place was metamorphosed and knew itself no longer.

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From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

joined in matrimony

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

Recollections of past events.

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The place was metamorphosed and knew itself no longer.

plural of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

plain-woven cotton fabric

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading Even the Glebe Cottage put on a different aspect with the coming of the new life.

not any; not one

From this reading The place was metamorphosed and knew itself no longer.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Even the Glebe Cottage put on a different aspect with the coming of the new life.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Even the Glebe Cottage put on a different aspect with the coming of the new life.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Even the Glebe Cottage put on a different aspect with the coming of the new life.

restored to a new condition

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

third-person singular of “renew” — reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new

From this reading It was the centre of a hundred sweet consultations, such gossiping, in the true sense of the word, as renews the female soul.

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

plural of “robe” — any loose flowing garment

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

a general conscious awareness

From this reading It was the centre of a hundred sweet consultations, such gossiping, in the true sense of the word, as renews the female soul.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading It was the centre of a hundred sweet consultations, such gossiping, in the true sense of the word, as renews the female soul.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading It was the centre of a hundred sweet consultations, such gossiping, in the true sense of the word, as renews the female soul.

having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

From this reading It was the centre of a hundred sweet consultations, such gossiping, in the true sense of the word, as renews the female soul.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Even the Glebe Cottage put on a different aspect with the coming of the new life.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading It was a long time after this--almost Christmas--when Isabel’s baby was born.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading It was a long time after this--almost Christmas--when Isabel’s baby was born.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading It was the centre of a hundred sweet consultations, such gossiping, in the true sense of the word, as renews the female soul.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was a long time after this--almost Christmas--when Isabel’s baby was born.

at the time that

From this reading It was a long time after this--almost Christmas--when Isabel’s baby was born.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

a Caucasian

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Even the Glebe Cottage put on a different aspect with the coming of the new life.

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading It was the centre of a hundred sweet consultations, such gossiping, in the true sense of the word, as renews the female soul.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading The grey parlour, which was so full of memories, the room in which Margaret had died, in which Isabel had been married, and which under other circumstances would have been an awful place to return to, in the renewed and deepened gloom, was all a flutter now with the white robes, the baby-paraphernalia, all the scraps of lace and heaps of muslin in which young mothers find so much delight.