used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading At last this was broken by the old lady, who exclaimed with an air of triumph:
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last this was broken by the old lady, who exclaimed with an air of triumph:
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “Douglas, my boy, I do believe I have got hold of a bright idea!”
blarneynoun
flattery designed to gain favor
From this reading “Come now, none of your blarney!
a youthful male person
From this reading “Douglas, my boy, I do believe I have got hold of a bright idea!”
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading “Douglas, my boy, I do believe I have got hold of a bright idea!”
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading At last this was broken by the old lady, who exclaimed with an air of triumph:
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At last this was broken by the old lady, who exclaimed with an air of triumph:
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come now, none of your blarney!
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Douglas, my boy, I do believe I have got hold of a bright idea!”
DouglasnounUS /ˈdʌɡləs/
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
From this reading “Douglas, my boy, I do believe I have got hold of a bright idea!”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading At last this was broken by the old lady, who exclaimed with an air of triumph:
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
forefingernounUS /ˈfɔːrfɪŋɡər/
the finger next to the thumb
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Douglas, my boy, I do believe I have got hold of a bright idea!”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Douglas, my boy, I do believe I have got hold of a bright idea!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “That’s nothing new,” he rejoined with a smile.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “Douglas, my boy, I do believe I have got hold of a bright idea!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Douglas, my boy, I do believe I have got hold of a bright idea!”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “Douglas, my boy, I do believe I have got hold of a bright idea!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading At last this was broken by the old lady, who exclaimed with an air of triumph:
immediately past
From this reading At last this was broken by the old lady, who exclaimed with an air of triumph:
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 “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
MalonenounUS /məˈloʊn/
English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812)
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
MONSTERnounUS /ˈmɑːnstər/
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Douglas, my boy, I do believe I have got hold of a bright idea!”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “That’s nothing new,” he rejoined with a smile.
not one, and not any
From this reading “Come now, none of your blarney!
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “That’s nothing new,” he rejoined with a smile.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Come now, none of your blarney!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At last this was broken by the old lady, who exclaimed with an air of triumph:
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading At last this was broken by the old lady, who exclaimed with an air of triumph:
profoundlyadverbUS /proʊˈfaʊndli/
to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
past form of “rejoin” — join again
From this reading “That’s nothing new,” he rejoined with a smile.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “That’s nothing new,” he rejoined with a smile.
strokingnounUS /ˈstroʊkɪŋ/
a light touch with the hands
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
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From this reading “That’s nothing new,” he rejoined with a smile.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading At last this was broken by the old lady, who exclaimed with an air of triumph:
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading At last this was broken by the old lady, who exclaimed with an air of triumph:
not usual or common or ordinary
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At last this was broken by the old lady, who exclaimed with an air of triumph:
which person or people
From this reading At last this was broken by the old lady, who exclaimed with an air of triumph:
in the company of; together with
From this reading “THE MONSTER” For a considerable time Mrs. Malone sat, stroking her long nose with her long forefinger and thinking profoundly; there fell, in consequence, an unusual silence.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Come now, none of your blarney!
