used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading If you will not have me, I will sell it, and live a bachelor."
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading "Perhaps you would prefer to limit your endurance, and tell me how long you _will_ allow me to deliberate before you sell and retire to bachelorhood?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
bachelornounUS /ˈbætʃələr/
a man who has never been married
From this reading If you will not have me, I will sell it, and live a bachelor."
bachelorhoodnoun
the time of a man's life prior to marriage
From this reading "Perhaps you would prefer to limit your endurance, and tell me how long you _will_ allow me to deliberate before you sell and retire to bachelorhood?"
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Perhaps you would prefer to limit your endurance, and tell me how long you _will_ allow me to deliberate before you sell and retire to bachelorhood?"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading "Of course, I must wait, if you give me the least ground of hope.
deliberateadjectiveUS /dɪˈlɪbərət/
carefully thought out in advance
From this reading "Perhaps you would prefer to limit your endurance, and tell me how long you _will_ allow me to deliberate before you sell and retire to bachelorhood?"
endurancenounUS /ˈendərəns/
the power to withstand hardship or stress
From this reading "Perhaps you would prefer to limit your endurance, and tell me how long you _will_ allow me to deliberate before you sell and retire to bachelorhood?"
at any time
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Of course, I must wait, if you give me the least ground of hope.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading "Of course, I must wait, if you give me the least ground of hope.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If you will not have me, I will sell it, and live a bachelor."
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading "Of course, I must wait, if you give me the least ground of hope.
how
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From this reading "Perhaps you would prefer to limit your endurance, and tell me how long you _will_ allow me to deliberate before you sell and retire to bachelorhood?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Of course, I must wait, if you give me the least ground of hope.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Of course, I must wait, if you give me the least ground of hope.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Mrs. Smiley laughed softly and tunefully.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Of course, I must wait, if you give me the least ground of hope.
limitnounUS /ˈlɪmət/
the greatest possible degree of something
From this reading "Perhaps you would prefer to limit your endurance, and tell me how long you _will_ allow me to deliberate before you sell and retire to bachelorhood?"
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading If you will not have me, I will sell it, and live a bachelor."
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 "Perhaps you would prefer to limit your endurance, and tell me how long you _will_ allow me to deliberate before you sell and retire to bachelorhood?"
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Of course, I must wait, if you give me the least ground of hope.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Smiley laughed softly and tunefully.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Of course, I must wait, if you give me the least ground of hope.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
not any; not one
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If you will not have me, I will sell it, and live a bachelor."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Of course, I must wait, if you give me the least ground of hope.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
by chance
From this reading "Perhaps you would prefer to limit your endurance, and tell me how long you _will_ allow me to deliberate before you sell and retire to bachelorhood?"
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
like better; value more highly
From this reading "Perhaps you would prefer to limit your endurance, and tell me how long you _will_ allow me to deliberate before you sell and retire to bachelorhood?"
retireverbUS /rɪˈtaɪr/
go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
From this reading "Perhaps you would prefer to limit your endurance, and tell me how long you _will_ allow me to deliberate before you sell and retire to bachelorhood?"
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading If you will not have me, I will sell it, and live a bachelor."
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
SmileynounUS /ˈsmaɪli/
an emoticon of a smiling face
From this reading Mrs. Smiley laughed softly and tunefully.
with low volume
From this reading Mrs. Smiley laughed softly and tunefully.
utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
express in words
From this reading "Perhaps you would prefer to limit your endurance, and tell me how long you _will_ allow me to deliberate before you sell and retire to bachelorhood?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Of course, I must wait, if you give me the least ground of hope.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Perhaps you would prefer to limit your endurance, and tell me how long you _will_ allow me to deliberate before you sell and retire to bachelorhood?"
tunefullyadverb
in a melodious manner
From this reading Mrs. Smiley laughed softly and tunefully.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading "Of course, I must wait, if you give me the least ground of hope.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading If you will not have me, I will sell it, and live a bachelor."
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading This place was made for you, and no other woman shall ever come into it as my wife--that I swear.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Perhaps you would prefer to limit your endurance, and tell me how long you _will_ allow me to deliberate before you sell and retire to bachelorhood?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Of course, I must wait, if you give me the least ground of hope.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Perhaps you would prefer to limit your endurance, and tell me how long you _will_ allow me to deliberate before you sell and retire to bachelorhood?"
