used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE WOLF AND THE LAMB—A SCOUNDREL OF THE FIRST WATER.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Phillip, as all knew, was a great don about town, and maintained a handsome suite of rooms, to which the gayest of the gay resorted.
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
From this reading Unluckily for himself, it was an evil day when Charley Warbeck first made the acquaintance of Phillip Redgill.
(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 Phillip, as all knew, was a great don about town, and maintained a handsome suite of rooms, to which the gayest of the gay resorted.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Unluckily for himself, it was an evil day when Charley Warbeck first made the acquaintance of Phillip Redgill.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE WOLF AND THE LAMB—A SCOUNDREL OF THE FIRST WATER.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Phillip, as all knew, was a great don about town, and maintained a handsome suite of rooms, to which the gayest of the gay resorted.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To be patronized by the son of such a person poor Charley considered “a very fine thing.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading To be patronized by the son of such a person poor Charley considered “a very fine thing.”
Charley
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From this reading Unluckily for himself, it was an evil day when Charley Warbeck first made the acquaintance of Phillip Redgill.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading His father was a very wealthy man, so all the world said; a great ship owner, and “a merchant prince of the good city of London.”
carefully weighed
From this reading To be patronized by the son of such a person poor Charley considered “a very fine thing.”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Unluckily for himself, it was an evil day when Charley Warbeck first made the acquaintance of Phillip Redgill.
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading Phillip, as all knew, was a great don about town, and maintained a handsome suite of rooms, to which the gayest of the gay resorted.
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading Unluckily for himself, it was an evil day when Charley Warbeck first made the acquaintance of Phillip Redgill.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading His father was a very wealthy man, so all the world said; a great ship owner, and “a merchant prince of the good city of London.”
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading To be patronized by the son of such a person poor Charley considered “a very fine thing.”
FIRSTadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading THE WOLF AND THE LAMB—A SCOUNDREL OF THE FIRST WATER.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Unluckily for himself, it was an evil day when Charley Warbeck first made the acquaintance of Phillip Redgill.
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading Phillip, as all knew, was a great don about town, and maintained a handsome suite of rooms, to which the gayest of the gay resorted.
gayest
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From this reading Phillip, as all knew, was a great don about town, and maintained a handsome suite of rooms, to which the gayest of the gay resorted.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading His father was a very wealthy man, so all the world said; a great ship owner, and “a merchant prince of the good city of London.”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Phillip, as all knew, was a great don about town, and maintained a handsome suite of rooms, to which the gayest of the gay resorted.
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading Phillip, as all knew, was a great don about town, and maintained a handsome suite of rooms, to which the gayest of the gay resorted.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Unluckily for himself, it was an evil day when Charley Warbeck first made the acquaintance of Phillip Redgill.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His father was a very wealthy man, so all the world said; a great ship owner, and “a merchant prince of the good city of London.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Unluckily for himself, it was an evil day when Charley Warbeck first made the acquaintance of Phillip Redgill.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Phillip, as all knew, was a great don about town, and maintained a handsome suite of rooms, to which the gayest of the gay resorted.
LAMBnounUS /læm/
young sheep
From this reading THE WOLF AND THE LAMB—A SCOUNDREL OF THE FIRST WATER.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading His father was a very wealthy man, so all the world said; a great ship owner, and “a merchant prince of the good city of London.”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Unluckily for himself, it was an evil day when Charley Warbeck first made the acquaintance of Phillip Redgill.
maintainedadjectiveUS /meɪnˈteɪnd/
kept in good condition
From this reading Phillip, as all knew, was a great don about town, and maintained a handsome suite of rooms, to which the gayest of the gay resorted.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading His father was a very wealthy man, so all the world said; a great ship owner, and “a merchant prince of the good city of London.”
merchantnounUS /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading His father was a very wealthy man, so all the world said; a great ship owner, and “a merchant prince of the good city of London.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WOLF AND THE LAMB—A SCOUNDREL OF THE FIRST WATER.
(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
From this reading His father was a very wealthy man, so all the world said; a great ship owner, and “a merchant prince of the good city of London.”
patronizedadjectiveUS /ˈpeɪtrənaɪzd/
having patronage or clients
From this reading To be patronized by the son of such a person poor Charley considered “a very fine thing.”
a human being
From this reading To be patronized by the son of such a person poor Charley considered “a very fine thing.”
Phillip
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From this reading Unluckily for himself, it was an evil day when Charley Warbeck first made the acquaintance of Phillip Redgill.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading To be patronized by the son of such a person poor Charley considered “a very fine thing.”
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading His father was a very wealthy man, so all the world said; a great ship owner, and “a merchant prince of the good city of London.”
Redgill
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From this reading Unluckily for himself, it was an evil day when Charley Warbeck first made the acquaintance of Phillip Redgill.
resortedverbUS /rɪˈzɔːrtɪd/
past form of “resort” — have recourse to
From this reading Phillip, as all knew, was a great don about town, and maintained a handsome suite of rooms, to which the gayest of the gay resorted.
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading Phillip, as all knew, was a great don about town, and maintained a handsome suite of rooms, to which the gayest of the gay resorted.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading His father was a very wealthy man, so all the world said; a great ship owner, and “a merchant prince of the good city of London.”
SCOUNDRELnounUS /ˈskaʊndrəl/
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading THE WOLF AND THE LAMB—A SCOUNDREL OF THE FIRST WATER.
transport commercially
From this reading His father was a very wealthy man, so all the world said; a great ship owner, and “a merchant prince of the good city of London.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading His father was a very wealthy man, so all the world said; a great ship owner, and “a merchant prince of the good city of London.”
a male human offspring
From this reading To be patronized by the son of such a person poor Charley considered “a very fine thing.”
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading To be patronized by the son of such a person poor Charley considered “a very fine thing.”
suitenounUS /swiːt/
a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
From this reading Phillip, as all knew, was a great don about town, and maintained a handsome suite of rooms, to which the gayest of the gay resorted.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WOLF AND THE LAMB—A SCOUNDREL OF THE FIRST WATER.
a special situation
From this reading To be patronized by the son of such a person poor Charley considered “a very fine thing.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Phillip, as all knew, was a great don about town, and maintained a handsome suite of rooms, to which the gayest of the gay resorted.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Phillip, as all knew, was a great don about town, and maintained a handsome suite of rooms, to which the gayest of the gay resorted.
Unluckilyadverb
by bad luck
From this reading Unluckily for himself, it was an evil day when Charley Warbeck first made the acquaintance of Phillip Redgill.
precisely as stated
From this reading His father was a very wealthy man, so all the world said; a great ship owner, and “a merchant prince of the good city of London.”
Warbeck
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From this reading Unluckily for himself, it was an evil day when Charley Warbeck first made the acquaintance of Phillip Redgill.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Unluckily for himself, it was an evil day when Charley Warbeck first made the acquaintance of Phillip Redgill.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading THE WOLF AND THE LAMB—A SCOUNDREL OF THE FIRST WATER.
wealthyadjectiveUS /ˈwelθi/
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
From this reading His father was a very wealthy man, so all the world said; a great ship owner, and “a merchant prince of the good city of London.”
at the time that
From this reading Unluckily for himself, it was an evil day when Charley Warbeck first made the acquaintance of Phillip Redgill.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Phillip, as all knew, was a great don about town, and maintained a handsome suite of rooms, to which the gayest of the gay resorted.
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading THE WOLF AND THE LAMB—A SCOUNDREL OF THE FIRST WATER.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading His father was a very wealthy man, so all the world said; a great ship owner, and “a merchant prince of the good city of London.”
