used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
advocateverbUS /ˈædvəkət/
push for something
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
agencynounUS /ˈeɪdʒənsi/
an administrative unit of government
From this reading So of the pile of letters, opened and unopened, on his writing-table, Sir Harold first turned to a bulky envelope from his press-cutting agency.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
Anstey
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From this reading Sir Harold Anstey came bustling into his pleasant chambers.
being joined in close association
From this reading Like most successful men, he attached great importance to the Press of his country, and he paid considerable court to those newspaper men with whom he came in contact.
attractiveadjectiveUS /əˈtræktɪv/
pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
bachelornounUS /ˈbætʃələr/
a man who has never been married
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
BaileynounUS /ˈbeɪli/
United States singer (1918-1990)
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
barristernounUS /ˈbærɪstər/
a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
bulkyadjectiveUS /ˈbʌlki/
of large size for its weight
From this reading So of the pile of letters, opened and unopened, on his writing-table, Sir Harold first turned to a bulky envelope from his press-cutting agency.
the act of burning something
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
bustlingadjectiveUS /ˈbʌsəlɪŋ/
full of energetic and noisy activity
From this reading Sir Harold Anstey came bustling into his pleasant chambers.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Sir Harold Anstey came bustling into his pleasant chambers.
chambersnounUS /ˈtʃeɪmbərz/
English architect (1723-1796)
From this reading Sir Harold Anstey came bustling into his pleasant chambers.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Like most successful men, he attached great importance to the Press of his country, and he paid considerable court to those newspaper men with whom he came in contact.
contactnounUS /ˈkɑːntækt/
close interaction
From this reading Like most successful men, he attached great importance to the Press of his country, and he paid considerable court to those newspaper men with whom he came in contact.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Like most successful men, he attached great importance to the Press of his country, and he paid considerable court to those newspaper men with whom he came in contact.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading Like most successful men, he attached great importance to the Press of his country, and he paid considerable court to those newspaper men with whom he came in contact.
eighteenth-century
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From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
envelopenounUS /ˈenvəloʊp/
a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.
From this reading So of the pile of letters, opened and unopened, on his writing-table, Sir Harold first turned to a bulky envelope from his press-cutting agency.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
start firing a weapon
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading So of the pile of letters, opened and unopened, on his writing-table, Sir Harold first turned to a bulky envelope from his press-cutting agency.
floridadjectiveUS /ˈflɔːrəd/
elaborately or excessively ornamented
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
good-lookingadjectiveUS /ˈɡʊdlʊkɪŋ/
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
gratenounUS /ɡreɪt/
a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
happiestadjectiveUS /ˈhæpiəst/
superlative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
Harold
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From this reading Sir Harold Anstey came bustling into his pleasant chambers.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sir Harold Anstey came bustling into his pleasant chambers.
the quality of being important and worthy of note
From this reading Like most successful men, he attached great importance to the Press of his country, and he paid considerable court to those newspaper men with whom he came in contact.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Sir Harold Anstey came bustling into his pleasant chambers.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
and nothing more
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
the literary culture
From this reading So of the pile of letters, opened and unopened, on his writing-table, Sir Harold first turned to a bulky envelope from his press-cutting agency.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Like most successful men, he attached great importance to the Press of his country, and he paid considerable court to those newspaper men with whom he came in contact.
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 He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
the force of workers available
From this reading Like most successful men, he attached great importance to the Press of his country, and he paid considerable court to those newspaper men with whom he came in contact.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Like most successful men, he attached great importance to the Press of his country, and he paid considerable court to those newspaper men with whom he came in contact.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
From this reading Like most successful men, he attached great importance to the Press of his country, and he paid considerable court to those newspaper men with whom he came in contact.
not any; not one
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Like most successful men, he attached great importance to the Press of his country, and he paid considerable court to those newspaper men with whom he came in contact.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
and nothing more
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading So of the pile of letters, opened and unopened, on his writing-table, Sir Harold first turned to a bulky envelope from his press-cutting agency.
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading Like most successful men, he attached great importance to the Press of his country, and he paid considerable court to those newspaper men with whom he came in contact.
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading So of the pile of letters, opened and unopened, on his writing-table, Sir Harold first turned to a bulky envelope from his press-cutting agency.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading Sir Harold Anstey came bustling into his pleasant chambers.
regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading Like most successful men, he attached great importance to the Press of his country, and he paid considerable court to those newspaper men with whom he came in contact.
press-cutting
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From this reading So of the pile of letters, opened and unopened, on his writing-table, Sir Harold first turned to a bulky envelope from his press-cutting agency.
term of address for a man
From this reading Sir Harold Anstey came bustling into his pleasant chambers.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
From this reading Like most successful men, he attached great importance to the Press of his country, and he paid considerable court to those newspaper men with whom he came in contact.
status with respect to the relations between people or groups
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
in or at that place or location
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Like most successful men, he attached great importance to the Press of his country, and he paid considerable court to those newspaper men with whom he came in contact.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading So of the pile of letters, opened and unopened, on his writing-table, Sir Harold first turned to a bulky envelope from his press-cutting agency.
unopenedadjectiveUS /əˈnoʊpənd/
not yet opened or unsealed
From this reading So of the pile of letters, opened and unopened, on his writing-table, Sir Harold first turned to a bulky envelope from his press-cutting agency.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
wastefuladjectiveUS /ˈweɪstfəl/
inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
week-end
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From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Like most successful men, he attached great importance to the Press of his country, and he paid considerable court to those newspaper men with whom he came in contact.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading The great advocate was a big, florid, good-looking man, and so popular a bachelor that it was no wonder he had never made up his mind to become true to one lady.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading He had only just come back from a long week-end, there was a bright fire burning in the attractive, wasteful, eighteenth-century grate, and the famous Old Bailey barrister felt not only fresh and keen, but on the happiest terms with himself and the world.
writing-table
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From this reading So of the pile of letters, opened and unopened, on his writing-table, Sir Harold first turned to a bulky envelope from his press-cutting agency.
