used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading No one noticed her; they were all too busily engaged in discussing the events of the trial.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
Assizenoun
the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading What a deep gulf lay between that time and this!
confined by bonds
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
busilyadverbUS /ˈbɪzəli/
in a busy manner
From this reading No one noticed her; they were all too busily engaged in discussing the events of the trial.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
Claude
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From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading What a deep gulf lay between that time and this!
denseadjectiveUS /dens/
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
discussingverbUS /dɪˈskʌsɪŋ/
-ing form of “discuss” — to consider or examine in speech or writing
From this reading No one noticed her; they were all too busily engaged in discussing the events of the trial.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading No one noticed her; they were all too busily engaged in discussing the events of the trial.
plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading No one noticed her; they were all too busily engaged in discussing the events of the trial.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
the act of departing
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
gulfnounUS /ɡʌlf/
an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
From this reading What a deep gulf lay between that time and this!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
How
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From this reading How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
HyacinthnounUS /ˈhaɪəsɪnθ/
a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No one noticed her; they were all too busily engaged in discussing the events of the trial.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading What a deep gulf lay between that time and this!
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 She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
Loadstonenoun
a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
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 How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
not any; not one
From this reading No one noticed her; they were all too busily engaged in discussing the events of the trial.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
being perceived or observed
From this reading No one noticed her; they were all too busily engaged in discussing the events of the trial.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one noticed her; they were all too busily engaged in discussing the events of the trial.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
remembrancenounUS /riˈmembrəns/
the ability to recall past occurrences
From this reading How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
precisely, exactly
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
term of address for a man
From this reading How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
in or at that place or location
From this reading How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No one noticed her; they were all too busily engaged in discussing the events of the trial.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What a deep gulf lay between that time and this!
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
tienounUS /taɪ/
neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
tightlyadverbUS /ˈtaɪtli/
in a tight or constricted manner
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading What a deep gulf lay between that time and this!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading No one noticed her; they were all too busily engaged in discussing the events of the trial.
the act of testing something
From this reading No one noticed her; they were all too busily engaged in discussing the events of the trial.
VaughannounUS /vɔːn/
United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990)
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
a garment that covers the head and face
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
vividlyadverbUS /ˈvɪvədli/
in a vivid manner
From this reading How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading As Hyacinth Vaughan left the Loadstone Assize Court she drew her veil tightly over her face, and, looking neither to the right nor left, made her way through the dense crowd of people.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading No one noticed her; they were all too busily engaged in discussing the events of the trial.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
at the time that
From this reading How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
whitheradverbUS /ˈwɪðər/
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading She had not the least idea whither she was going, or what she was about to do; all she remembered was that she had broken every tie that bound her to her past life, that it was all dead to her, and that she had saved Claude.
in the company of; together with
From this reading How vividly, as she walked through the long street, there came back to her a remembrance of one day when she had driven over with Sir Arthur and Lady Vaughan to Loadstone.
