used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
AaronnounUS /ˈerən/
United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934)
From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It was just about this time that Squire Denison, dining alone, was taken ill at the dinner-table.
alarmingadjectiveUS /əˈlɑːrmɪŋ/
frightening because of an awareness of danger
From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
(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 Doctor had practised in Nullington all his life.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading It was just about this time that Squire Denison, dining alone, was taken ill at the dinner-table.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was just about this time that Squire Denison, dining alone, was taken ill at the dinner-table.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
chancedverbUS /tʃænst/
past form of “chance” — be the case by chance
From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
Cleeve
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From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
Denison
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From this reading It was just about this time that Squire Denison, dining alone, was taken ill at the dinner-table.
diningnounUS /ˈdaɪnɪŋ/
the act of eating dinner
From this reading It was just about this time that Squire Denison, dining alone, was taken ill at the dinner-table.
dinner-table
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From this reading It was just about this time that Squire Denison, dining alone, was taken ill at the dinner-table.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading The Doctor had practised in Nullington all his life.
DOCTOR'SnounUS /ˈdɑːktərz/
possessive form of “doctor” — a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading THE DOCTOR'S VERDICT.
Dr
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From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
Ella
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From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
horsebacknounUS /ˈhɔːrsbæk/
the back of a horse
From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
Hubert
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From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading It was just about this time that Squire Denison, dining alone, was taken ill at the dinner-table.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Doctor had practised in Nullington all his life.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was just about this time that Squire Denison, dining alone, was taken ill at the dinner-table.
and nothing more
From this reading It was just about this time that Squire Denison, dining alone, was taken ill at the dinner-table.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The Doctor had practised in Nullington all his 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 Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
Nullington
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From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
practisedadjectiveUS /ˈpræktɪst/
skillful after much practice
From this reading The Doctor had practised in Nullington all his life.
rarelyadverbUS /ˈrerli/
not often
From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
use up a period of time in a specific way
From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
Spreckley
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From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
young nobleman attendant on a knight
From this reading It was just about this time that Squire Denison, dining alone, was taken ill at the dinner-table.
Squire's
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From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
summonverbUS /ˈsʌmən/
call in an official matter, such as to attend court
From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
symptomsnounUS /ˈsɪmptəmz/
plural of “symptom” — (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading It was just about this time that Squire Denison, dining alone, was taken ill at the dinner-table.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was just about this time that Squire Denison, dining alone, was taken ill at the dinner-table.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DOCTOR'S VERDICT.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was just about this time that Squire Denison, dining alone, was taken ill at the dinner-table.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It was just about this time that Squire Denison, dining alone, was taken ill at the dinner-table.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
VERDICTnounUS /ˈvɜːrdɪkt/
(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment
From this reading THE DOCTOR'S VERDICT.
precisely as stated
From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was just about this time that Squire Denison, dining alone, was taken ill at the dinner-table.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Very rarely indeed was Ella out at that hour, but it chanced that she had gone to spend a long evening with Lady Cleeve.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading The Squire's symptoms looked alarming to Aaron Stone and his wife; and the young man, Hubert, went off on horseback to Nullington, to summon Dr. Spreckley.
