AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After all the heartache and dread, it's so wonderful to find things not so terrible as they seemed.
(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 After all the heartache and dread, it's so wonderful to find things not so terrible as they seemed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dear Wilson,--The note and letter from you have taken my breath away.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading After all the heartache and dread, it's so wonderful to find things not so terrible as they seemed.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Dear Wilson,--The note and letter from you have taken my breath away.
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Dear Wilson,--The note and letter from you have taken my breath away.
chokedadjectiveUS /tʃoʊkt/
stopped up; clogged up
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
couldn't
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From this reading I couldn't tell--I wouldn't dare tell, how they made me feel.
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading I couldn't tell--I wouldn't dare tell, how they made me feel.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear Wilson,--The note and letter from you have taken my breath away.
fearful expectation or anticipation
From this reading After all the heartache and dread, it's so wonderful to find things not so terrible as they seemed.
opinion or judgment
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading I couldn't tell--I wouldn't dare tell, how they made me feel.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
fillsnounUS /fɪlz/
plural of “fill” — a quantity sufficient to satisfy
From this reading "Your good news fills me with joy.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading After all the heartache and dread, it's so wonderful to find things not so terrible as they seemed.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Dear Wilson,--The note and letter from you have taken my breath away.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Your good news fills me with joy.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Dear Wilson,--The note and letter from you have taken my breath away.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
heartachenounUS /ˈhɑːrteɪk/
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading After all the heartache and dread, it's so wonderful to find things not so terrible as they seemed.
how
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From this reading I couldn't tell--I wouldn't dare tell, how they made me feel.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I couldn't tell--I wouldn't dare tell, how they made me feel.
it's
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From this reading After all the heartache and dread, it's so wonderful to find things not so terrible as they seemed.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading "Your good news fills me with joy.
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Dear Wilson,--The note and letter from you have taken my breath away.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading I couldn't tell--I wouldn't dare tell, how they made me feel.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I couldn't tell--I wouldn't dare tell, how they made me feel.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Dear Wilson,--The note and letter from you have taken my breath away.
information about recent and important events
From this reading "Your good news fills me with joy.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading After all the heartache and dread, it's so wonderful to find things not so terrible as they seemed.
a brief written record
From this reading Dear Wilson,--The note and letter from you have taken my breath away.
plural of “prayer” — the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading After all the heartache and dread, it's so wonderful to find things not so terrible as they seemed.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading After all the heartache and dread, it's so wonderful to find things not so terrible as they seemed.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Dear Wilson,--The note and letter from you have taken my breath away.
express in words
From this reading I couldn't tell--I wouldn't dare tell, how they made me feel.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading After all the heartache and dread, it's so wonderful to find things not so terrible as they seemed.
past form of “thank” — express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dear Wilson,--The note and letter from you have taken my breath away.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I couldn't tell--I wouldn't dare tell, how they made me feel.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading After all the heartache and dread, it's so wonderful to find things not so terrible as they seemed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading After all the heartache and dread, it's so wonderful to find things not so terrible as they seemed.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
(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 And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
at the time that
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
who'd
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From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
WilsonnounUS /ˈwɪlsən/
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
From this reading Dear Wilson,--The note and letter from you have taken my breath away.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Your good news fills me with joy.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading After all the heartache and dread, it's so wonderful to find things not so terrible as they seemed.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And when Ben told me you wouldn't lose your leg--that you would get well--then my eyes filled and my heart choked me, and I thanked God, who'd answered my prayers.
wouldn't
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From this reading I couldn't tell--I wouldn't dare tell, how they made me feel.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear Wilson,--The note and letter from you have taken my breath away.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Your good news fills me with joy.
