used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading Having, then, gone upstairs very softly, I awoke my wife: "Get up, Catherine."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I was bringing back from Saverne sixteen hundred livres: this heavy leathern purse in my pocket was perhaps what reminded me.
betokenverb
be a signal for or a symptom of
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
From this reading I was bringing back from Saverne sixteen hundred livres: this heavy leathern purse in my pocket was perhaps what reminded me.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The whole way I thought of nothing but the cuirassiers.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
cartnounUS /kɑːrt/
a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
CatherinenounUS /ˈkæθərən/
first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
From this reading Having, then, gone upstairs very softly, I awoke my wife: "Get up, Catherine."
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me.
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me.
cuirassiers
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From this reading The whole way I thought of nothing but the cuirassiers.
being one more than ten
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I was bringing back from Saverne sixteen hundred livres: this heavy leathern purse in my pocket was perhaps what reminded me.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Having, then, gone upstairs very softly, I awoke my wife: "Get up, Catherine."
destroyed or killed
From this reading Having, then, gone upstairs very softly, I awoke my wife: "Get up, Catherine."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading I was bringing back from Saverne sixteen hundred livres: this heavy leathern purse in my pocket was perhaps what reminded me.
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
ten 10s
From this reading I was bringing back from Saverne sixteen hundred livres: this heavy leathern purse in my pocket was perhaps what reminded me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The whole way I thought of nothing but the cuirassiers.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was bringing back from Saverne sixteen hundred livres: this heavy leathern purse in my pocket was perhaps what reminded me.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
leathern
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From this reading I was bringing back from Saverne sixteen hundred livres: this heavy leathern purse in my pocket was perhaps what reminded me.
livres
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From this reading I was bringing back from Saverne sixteen hundred livres: this heavy leathern purse in my pocket was perhaps what reminded me.
march in a procession
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
not any; not one
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The whole way I thought of nothing but the cuirassiers.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
inflected form of “occur” — come to pass
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The whole way I thought of nothing but the cuirassiers.
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me.
by chance
From this reading I was bringing back from Saverne sixteen hundred livres: this heavy leathern purse in my pocket was perhaps what reminded me.
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading I was bringing back from Saverne sixteen hundred livres: this heavy leathern purse in my pocket was perhaps what reminded me.
pursenounUS /pɜːrs/
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
From this reading I was bringing back from Saverne sixteen hundred livres: this heavy leathern purse in my pocket was perhaps what reminded me.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me.
past form of “remind” — put in the mind of someone
From this reading I was bringing back from Saverne sixteen hundred livres: this heavy leathern purse in my pocket was perhaps what reminded me.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me.
Saverne
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From this reading I was bringing back from Saverne sixteen hundred livres: this heavy leathern purse in my pocket was perhaps what reminded me.
scamps
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From this reading I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me.
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
get rid of
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
shiververbUS /ˈʃɪvər/
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
From this reading I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me.
sixteenadjectiveUS /sɪkˈstiːn/
being one more than fifteen
From this reading I was bringing back from Saverne sixteen hundred livres: this heavy leathern purse in my pocket was perhaps what reminded me.
with low volume
From this reading Having, then, gone upstairs very softly, I awoke my wife: "Get up, Catherine."
a thing, without saying which
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me.
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The whole way I thought of nothing but the cuirassiers.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Having, then, gone upstairs very softly, I awoke my wife: "Get up, Catherine."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The whole way I thought of nothing but the cuirassiers.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
Uhlans
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From this reading I remembered what Cousin George had said about Uhlans and other scamps of that sort, and I felt a cold shiver come over me.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
on a floor above
From this reading Having, then, gone upstairs very softly, I awoke my wife: "Get up, Catherine."
precisely as stated
From this reading Having, then, gone upstairs very softly, I awoke my wife: "Get up, Catherine."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This order to march immediately appeared to me to betoken no good: something serious must have occurred; and as, upon the stroke of eleven, I was putting my horses up, after having put my cart under its shed, the idea came into my head that it was time now to hide my money.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The whole way I thought of nothing but the cuirassiers.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I was bringing back from Saverne sixteen hundred livres: this heavy leathern purse in my pocket was perhaps what reminded me.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading The whole way I thought of nothing but the cuirassiers.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Having, then, gone upstairs very softly, I awoke my wife: "Get up, Catherine."
