used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Do not think anything more about it, dear," Frank Mallett said, gently.
in the past
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am so sorry," Bertha Greendale said, "so awfully sorry.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
any thing at all
From this reading "Do not think anything more about it, dear," Frank Mallett said, gently.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
awfullyadverbUS /ˈɑːfli/
used as intensifiers
From this reading "I am so sorry," Bertha Greendale said, "so awfully sorry.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
Bertha
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From this reading "I am so sorry," Bertha Greendale said, "so awfully sorry.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading And she burst into tears.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
dearly loved
From this reading "Do not think anything more about it, dear," Frank Mallett said, gently.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do not think anything more about it, dear," Frank Mallett said, gently.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading "Do not think anything more about it, dear," Frank Mallett said, gently.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
in a gradual manner
From this reading "Do not think anything more about it, dear," Frank Mallett said, gently.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
Greendale
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From this reading "I am so sorry," Bertha Greendale said, "so awfully sorry.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had no idea that you thought of me like that.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
where you live at a particular time
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am so sorry," Bertha Greendale said, "so awfully sorry.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I had no idea that you thought of me like that.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And she burst into tears.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
immediately past
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I had no idea that you thought of me like that.
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 We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
Mallett
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From this reading "Do not think anything more about it, dear," Frank Mallett said, gently.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I had no idea that you thought of me like that.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Do not think anything more about it, dear," Frank Mallett said, gently.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
not any; not one
From this reading I had no idea that you thought of me like that.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Do not think anything more about it, dear," Frank Mallett said, gently.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I had no idea that you thought of me like that.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I am so sorry," Bertha Greendale said, "so awfully sorry.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And she burst into tears.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I am so sorry," Bertha Greendale said, "so awfully sorry.
sorryadjectiveUS /ˈsɑːri/
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "I am so sorry," Bertha Greendale said, "so awfully sorry.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading And she burst into tears.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I had no idea that you thought of me like that.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Do not think anything more about it, dear," Frank Mallett said, gently.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I had no idea that you thought of me like that.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading We were such friends so long ago, and it has been so pleasant since you came home last year, and I like you as if you were a big brother; but I have never thought of you in any other light, and now it seems dreadful to me to give you pain; but I feel sure that I should never come to love you in that way."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I had no idea that you thought of me like that.
