used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Ah! then," broke in Charlie, "you saw what Jenkins calls the perfect picture of a woman."
Ah
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From this reading "Ah! then," broke in Charlie, "you saw what Jenkins calls the perfect picture of a woman."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
angeredadjectiveUS /ˈæŋɡərd/
marked by extreme anger
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
lacking funds
From this reading "Ah! then," broke in Charlie, "you saw what Jenkins calls the perfect picture of a woman."
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading "Ah! then," broke in Charlie, "you saw what Jenkins calls the perfect picture of a woman."
Charlie
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From this reading "Ah! then," broke in Charlie, "you saw what Jenkins calls the perfect picture of a woman."
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
greatly pleased
From this reading "Rose is quite delighted with her.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading "She is very handsome," soberly returned Julius.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She is very handsome," soberly returned Julius.
Jenkins
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From this reading "Ah! then," broke in Charlie, "you saw what Jenkins calls the perfect picture of a woman."
Julius
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From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
roused to anger
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
minnie
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From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "No other than Miss Vivian."
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
not any; not one
From this reading "No other than Miss Vivian."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Ah! then," broke in Charlie, "you saw what Jenkins calls the perfect picture of a woman."
and nothing more
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "No other than Miss Vivian."
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading "Ah! then," broke in Charlie, "you saw what Jenkins calls the perfect picture of a woman."
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading "Ah! then," broke in Charlie, "you saw what Jenkins calls the perfect picture of a woman."
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading "Rose is quite delighted with her.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading "She is very handsome," soberly returned Julius.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading "Rose is quite delighted with her.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
cut with a saw
From this reading "Ah! then," broke in Charlie, "you saw what Jenkins calls the perfect picture of a woman."
ScotsnounUS /skɑːts/
the dialect of English used in Scotland
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
ShadesnounUS /ʃeɪdz/
(plural) something that reminds you of someone or something
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She is very handsome," soberly returned Julius.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
soberlyadverbUS /ˈsoʊbərli/
in a grave and sober manner
From this reading "She is very handsome," soberly returned Julius.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
in the near future
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
the rays of the sun
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "No other than Miss Vivian."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Ah! then," broke in Charlie, "you saw what Jenkins calls the perfect picture of a woman."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Ah! then," broke in Charlie, "you saw what Jenkins calls the perfect picture of a woman."
in or at that place or location
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
toilettenoun
the act of dressing and preparing yourself
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
precisely as stated
From this reading "She is very handsome," soberly returned Julius.
Vivian
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From this reading "No other than Miss Vivian."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Ah! then," broke in Charlie, "you saw what Jenkins calls the perfect picture of a woman."
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Rose is quite delighted with her.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "Ah! then," broke in Charlie, "you saw what Jenkins calls the perfect picture of a woman."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
From this reading Shades In Sunshine My friends would be angered, My minnie be mad.--Scots Song "Whom do you think we met, mother?" said Julius, coming into her room, so soon as he had made his evening toilette, and finding there only his two younger brothers.
