used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading She was grave--he had never seen her so pale and never so beautiful.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading She had stopped rolling her parasol; her hands were folded in her lap and her eyes bent on them.
next to; at the side of
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
can't
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From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading "Might as well discover it?"
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading "If you haven't discovered that I like you, you might as well."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
opinion or judgment
From this reading She had stopped rolling her parasol; her hands were folded in her lap and her eyes bent on them.
past form of “fold” — bend or lay so that one part covers the other
From this reading She had stopped rolling her parasol; her hands were folded in her lap and her eyes bent on them.
death of a person
From this reading She was grave--he had never seen her so pale and never so beautiful.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She was grave--he had never seen her so pale and never so beautiful.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading She had stopped rolling her parasol; her hands were folded in her lap and her eyes bent on them.
hatingverbUS /ˈheɪtɪŋ/
-ing form of “hate” — dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
haven't
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From this reading "If you haven't discovered that I like you, you might as well."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If you haven't discovered that I like you, you might as well."
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had stopped rolling her parasol; her hands were folded in her lap and her eyes bent on them.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Might as well discover it?"
Julia
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From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
lapverbUS /læp/
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
From this reading She had stopped rolling her parasol; her hands were folded in her lap and her eyes bent on them.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "If you haven't discovered that I like you, you might as well."
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "If you haven't discovered that I like you, you might as well."
used to form the superlative
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading She was grave--he had never seen her so pale and never so beautiful.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She had stopped rolling her parasol; her hands were folded in her lap and her eyes bent on them.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading She was grave--he had never seen her so pale and never so beautiful.
parasolnoun
a handheld collapsible source of shade
From this reading She had stopped rolling her parasol; her hands were folded in her lap and her eyes bent on them.
uttered with a trill
From this reading She had stopped rolling her parasol; her hands were folded in her lap and her eyes bent on them.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading She was grave--he had never seen her so pale and never so beautiful.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was grave--he had never seen her so pale and never so beautiful.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She was grave--he had never seen her so pale and never so beautiful.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading She had stopped rolling her parasol; her hands were folded in her lap and her eyes bent on them.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "If you haven't discovered that I like you, you might as well."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She had stopped rolling her parasol; her hands were folded in her lap and her eyes bent on them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was grave--he had never seen her so pale and never so beautiful.
(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 "If you haven't discovered that I like you, you might as well."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She had stopped rolling her parasol; her hands were folded in her lap and her eyes bent on them.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
You're
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From this reading "You're the most delightful woman, Julia," he said as he sat down beside her, "and I can't imagine what you mean by my hating you."
