used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
how long something has existed
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
(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 “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Well! what of that?” demanded Joe, as he twitched his hand away from that of the girl.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Well! what of that?” demanded Joe, as he twitched his hand away from that of the girl.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
terminate
From this reading Be you going to break your word to me now, lad?”
without stop or interruption
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading “Well! what of that?” demanded Joe, as he twitched his hand away from that of the girl.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Well! what of that?” demanded Joe, as he twitched his hand away from that of the girl.
a young female
From this reading “Well! what of that?” demanded Joe, as he twitched his hand away from that of the girl.
the act of departing
From this reading Be you going to break your word to me now, lad?”
goodishadjective
moderately good of its kind
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading “Well! what of that?” demanded Joe, as he twitched his hand away from that of the girl.
Hannah
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From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Well! what of that?” demanded Joe, as he twitched his hand away from that of the girl.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Well! what of that?” demanded Joe, as he twitched his hand away from that of the girl.
I've
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From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
Joe
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From this reading “Well! what of that?” demanded Joe, as he twitched his hand away from that of the girl.
a boy or man
From this reading Be you going to break your word to me now, lad?”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Be you going to break your word to me now, lad?”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Be you going to break your word to me now, lad?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Well! what of that?” demanded Joe, as he twitched his hand away from that of the girl.
oped
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From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
have ownership or possession of
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
proclivitiesnounUS /proʊˈklɪvətiz/
plural of “proclivity” — a natural inclination
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
caught or fixed
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Well! what of that?” demanded Joe, as he twitched his hand away from that of the girl.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Well! what of that?” demanded Joe, as he twitched his hand away from that of the girl.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
twitchedverbUS /twɪtʃt/
past form of “twitch” — make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
From this reading “Well! what of that?” demanded Joe, as he twitched his hand away from that of the girl.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
uncomfortableadjectiveUS /ənˈkʌmfərtəbəl/
conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
precisely as stated
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well! what of that?” demanded Joe, as he twitched his hand away from that of the girl.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Well! what of that?” demanded Joe, as he twitched his hand away from that of the girl.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
wistfullyadverbUS /ˈwɪstfəli/
in a wistful manner
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Be you going to break your word to me now, lad?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She spoke so wistfully that she made Joe feel very uncomfortable, though if he had had his own way, he would have stuck to her, whatever her proclivities.
a late time of life
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Be you going to break your word to me now, lad?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Two years is a goodish time at our age,” continued Hannah, “and through it all I’ve ’oped to be your wife!
