used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
actressnounUS /ˈæktrəs/
a female actor
From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The sea-green silk would not do forever, in place after place; they would call her the mermaid.
Alice
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From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
bewitchingadjective
capturing interest as if by a spell
From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The sea-green silk would not do forever, in place after place; they would call her the mermaid.
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
Craike
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From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The sea-green silk would not do forever, in place after place; they would call her the mermaid.
dressesnounUS /ˈdresəz/
plural of “dress” — a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
From this reading She had three platform dresses now,--the earnings of some half-dozen "evenings."
earningsnounUS /ˈɜːrnɪŋz/
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
From this reading She had three platform dresses now,--the earnings of some half-dozen "evenings."
elegantadjectiveUS /ˈeləɡənt/
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
eveningsnounUS /ˈiːvnɪŋz/
plural of “evening” — the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading She had three platform dresses now,--the earnings of some half-dozen "evenings."
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading That night, Marion Kent was fifty miles off, in the great, mixed-up, manufacturing town of Loweburg.
for a limitless time
From this reading The sea-green silk would not do forever, in place after place; they would call her the mermaid.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading That night, Marion Kent was fifty miles off, in the great, mixed-up, manufacturing town of Loweburg.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had three platform dresses now,--the earnings of some half-dozen "evenings."
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
half-dozenadjectiveUS /ˈhæfdʌzən/
denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units
From this reading She had three platform dresses now,--the earnings of some half-dozen "evenings."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The sea-green silk would not do forever, in place after place; they would call her the mermaid.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That night, Marion Kent was fifty miles off, in the great, mixed-up, manufacturing town of Loweburg.
KentnounUS /kent/
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading That night, Marion Kent was fifty miles off, in the great, mixed-up, manufacturing town of Loweburg.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
Loweburg
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From this reading That night, Marion Kent was fifty miles off, in the great, mixed-up, manufacturing town of Loweburg.
manufacturingnounUS /ˌmænjəˈfæktʃərɪŋ/
the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
From this reading That night, Marion Kent was fifty miles off, in the great, mixed-up, manufacturing town of Loweburg.
Marion
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From this reading That night, Marion Kent was fifty miles off, in the great, mixed-up, manufacturing town of Loweburg.
mermaidnounUS /ˈmɜːrmeɪd/
half woman and half fish; lives in the sea
From this reading The sea-green silk would not do forever, in place after place; they would call her the mermaid.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading That night, Marion Kent was fifty miles off, in the great, mixed-up, manufacturing town of Loweburg.
mixed-upadjective
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
From this reading That night, Marion Kent was fifty miles off, in the great, mixed-up, manufacturing town of Loweburg.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading That night, Marion Kent was fifty miles off, in the great, mixed-up, manufacturing town of Loweburg.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The sea-green silk would not do forever, in place after place; they would call her the mermaid.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading She had three platform dresses now,--the earnings of some half-dozen "evenings."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That night, Marion Kent was fifty miles off, in the great, mixed-up, manufacturing town of Loweburg.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading That night, Marion Kent was fifty miles off, in the great, mixed-up, manufacturing town of Loweburg.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The sea-green silk would not do forever, in place after place; they would call her the mermaid.
a raised horizontal surface
From this reading She had three platform dresses now,--the earnings of some half-dozen "evenings."
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
quietadjectiveUS /ˈkwaɪət/
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
RECOMPENSEnounUS /ˈrekəmpens/
payment or reward (as for service rendered)
From this reading RECOMPENSE.
sea-greenadjective
of the color of the sea; bluish green
From this reading The sea-green silk would not do forever, in place after place; they would call her the mermaid.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had three platform dresses now,--the earnings of some half-dozen "evenings."
a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
From this reading The sea-green silk would not do forever, in place after place; they would call her the mermaid.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She must have a quiet, elegant black one, and one the color of her hair, like that she had seen the pretty actress, Alice Craike, so bewitching in.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading She had three platform dresses now,--the earnings of some half-dozen "evenings."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That night, Marion Kent was fifty miles off, in the great, mixed-up, manufacturing town of Loweburg.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That night, Marion Kent was fifty miles off, in the great, mixed-up, manufacturing town of Loweburg.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The sea-green silk would not do forever, in place after place; they would call her the mermaid.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading She had three platform dresses now,--the earnings of some half-dozen "evenings."
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading That night, Marion Kent was fifty miles off, in the great, mixed-up, manufacturing town of Loweburg.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That night, Marion Kent was fifty miles off, in the great, mixed-up, manufacturing town of Loweburg.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The sea-green silk would not do forever, in place after place; they would call her the mermaid.
