Chapter V · Chapter 5

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading In fact, it was so deep, and the wound was such a cruel one, it was almost more than he could bear.

later than; following

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

(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 Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading In fact, it was so deep, and the wound was such a cruel one, it was almost more than he could bear.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading In fact, it was so deep, and the wound was such a cruel one, it was almost more than he could bear.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

have

From this reading In fact, it was so deep, and the wound was such a cruel one, it was almost more than he could bear.

past form of “brood” — think moodily or anxiously about something

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading TAKEN BY SURPRISE.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading In fact, it was so deep, and the wound was such a cruel one, it was almost more than he could bear.

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

From this reading In fact, it was so deep, and the wound was such a cruel one, it was almost more than he could bear.

a female human offspring

From this reading The thought of his dead daughter never left him.

possessive form of “daughter” — a female human offspring

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading The thought of his dead daughter never left him.

relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

plural of “evening” — the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading In fact, it was so deep, and the wound was such a cruel one, it was almost more than he could bear.

start firing a weapon

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

inflected form of “forgive” — stop blaming or grant forgiveness

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

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From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading In fact, it was so deep, and the wound was such a cruel one, it was almost more than he could bear.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The thought of his dead daughter never left him.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading In fact, it was so deep, and the wound was such a cruel one, it was almost more than he could bear.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

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 The thought of his dead daughter never left him.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for 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 Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading In fact, it was so deep, and the wound was such a cruel one, it was almost more than he could bear.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading The thought of his dead daughter never left him.

Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

not one, and not any

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

on one occasion

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading In fact, it was so deep, and the wound was such a cruel one, it was almost more than he could bear.

an unrestrained expression of emotion

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

above and across; more than

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

marked by absence of sound

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading In fact, it was so deep, and the wound was such a cruel one, it was almost more than he could bear.

express in speech

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading In fact, it was so deep, and the wound was such a cruel one, it was almost more than he could bear.

the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you

From this reading TAKEN BY SURPRISE.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading TAKEN BY SURPRISE.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading In fact, it was so deep, and the wound was such a cruel one, it was almost more than he could bear.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading The thought of his dead daughter never left him.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

a source of difficulty

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading After that first outburst of grief, Thomas Dawson did not speak much of his trouble, but it was none the less deep for that.

at the time that

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.

an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)

From this reading In fact, it was so deep, and the wound was such a cruel one, it was almost more than he could bear.

plural of “wrong” — that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law

From this reading Through the day, when he was at work, through the long evenings when he sat silent and sad, gazing into the fire, and through the nights when he lay sleepless, he brooded over the wrongs his daughter's husband had done them all, and was full of remorse for his own hard-heartedness--as he called it now--in not having forgiven her at once when she ran away from her home.