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Chapter XXXVI
FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day. Everything was ready for the morrow. Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming. It was a foggy night. Maud had been for an hour to Our Lady of the Rosary, and found it difficult to make her way back.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “Everything was ready for the morrow.”
Not allowed; banned or prohibited by rule or law.
From this reading “FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Maud had been for an hour to Our Lady of the Rosary, and found it difficult to make her way back.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Maud had been for an hour to Our Lady of the Rosary, and found it difficult to make her way back.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was a foggy night.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Maud had been for an hour to Our Lady of the Rosary, and found it difficult to make her way back.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day.
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From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maud had been for an hour to Our Lady of the Rosary, and found it difficult to make her way back.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maud had been for an hour to Our Lady of the Rosary, and found it difficult to make her way back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything was ready for the morrow.
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From this reading It was a foggy night.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Everything was ready for the morrow.
Not allowed; banned or prohibited by rule or law.
From this reading FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Maud had been for an hour to Our Lady of the Rosary, and found it difficult to make her way back.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Maud had been for an hour to Our Lady of the Rosary, and found it difficult to make her way back.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maud had been for an hour to Our Lady of the Rosary, and found it difficult to make her way back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maud had been for an hour to Our Lady of the Rosary, and found it difficult to make her way back.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Maud had been for an hour to Our Lady of the Rosary, and found it difficult to make her way back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Everything was ready for the morrow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was a foggy night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Maud had been for an hour to Our Lady of the Rosary, and found it difficult to make her way back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Everything was ready for the morrow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maud had been for an hour to Our Lady of the Rosary, and found it difficult to make her way back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading FORBIDDEN December was half through, and it was the eve of Maud Enderby's marriage-day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maud had been for an hour to Our Lady of the Rosary, and found it difficult to make her way back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Waymark had been away in the South, and the house to which he would take his wife now awaited their coming.
