used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading A little later Nessy MacLeod came to tell me that Lord Raa and his party had arrived and I was wanted immediately.
awakenverbUS /əˈweɪkən/
cause to become awake or conscious
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading A little later Nessy MacLeod came to tell me that Lord Raa and his party had arrived and I was wanted immediately.
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading It contained three gentlemen, one of them wore goggles and carried a silver-haired terrier on his knees.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
gotten under control
From this reading It contained three gentlemen, one of them wore goggles and carried a silver-haired terrier on his knees.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
downstairsadverbUS /ˈdaʊnˈsterz/
on a floor below
From this reading I went downstairs hesitatingly, with a haunting sense of coming trouble.
drawing-room
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From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
at any time
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
opinion or judgment
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading It contained three gentlemen, one of them wore goggles and carried a silver-haired terrier on his knees.
gogglesnounUS /ˈɡɑːɡəlz/
(plural) tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes
From this reading It contained three gentlemen, one of them wore goggles and carried a silver-haired terrier on his knees.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A little later Nessy MacLeod came to tell me that Lord Raa and his party had arrived and I was wanted immediately.
hauntingadjectiveUS /ˈhɔːntɪŋ/
continually recurring to the mind
From this reading I went downstairs hesitatingly, with a haunting sense of coming trouble.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
hesitatinglyadverb
with hesitation; in a hesitant manner
From this reading I went downstairs hesitatingly, with a haunting sense of coming trouble.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It contained three gentlemen, one of them wore goggles and carried a silver-haired terrier on his knees.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
hornnounUS /hɔːrn/
a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading A little later Nessy MacLeod came to tell me that Lord Raa and his party had arrived and I was wanted immediately.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
resulting from one's intentions
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It contained three gentlemen, one of them wore goggles and carried a silver-haired terrier on his knees.
plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading It contained three gentlemen, one of them wore goggles and carried a silver-haired terrier on his knees.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading A little later Nessy MacLeod came to tell me that Lord Raa and his party had arrived and I was wanted immediately.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A little later Nessy MacLeod came to tell me that Lord Raa and his party had arrived and I was wanted immediately.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading A little later Nessy MacLeod came to tell me that Lord Raa and his party had arrived and I was wanted immediately.
MacLeodnounUS /məˈklaʊd/
Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935)
From this reading A little later Nessy MacLeod came to tell me that Lord Raa and his party had arrived and I was wanted immediately.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A little later Nessy MacLeod came to tell me that Lord Raa and his party had arrived and I was wanted immediately.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
motor-car
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From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
Nessy
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From this reading A little later Nessy MacLeod came to tell me that Lord Raa and his party had arrived and I was wanted immediately.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It contained three gentlemen, one of them wore goggles and carried a silver-haired terrier on his knees.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It contained three gentlemen, one of them wore goggles and carried a silver-haired terrier on his knees.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading A little later Nessy MacLeod came to tell me that Lord Raa and his party had arrived and I was wanted immediately.
Raa
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From this reading A little later Nessy MacLeod came to tell me that Lord Raa and his party had arrived and I was wanted immediately.
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
ReverendnounUS /ˈrevərənd/
a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
cut with a saw
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading I went downstairs hesitatingly, with a haunting sense of coming trouble.
silver-hairedadjective
having hair the color of silver
From this reading It contained three gentlemen, one of them wore goggles and carried a silver-haired terrier on his knees.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
express in words
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
terriernounUS /ˈteriər/
any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
From this reading It contained three gentlemen, one of them wore goggles and carried a silver-haired terrier on his knees.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A little later Nessy MacLeod came to tell me that Lord Raa and his party had arrived and I was wanted immediately.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It contained three gentlemen, one of them wore goggles and carried a silver-haired terrier on his knees.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading It contained three gentlemen, one of them wore goggles and carried a silver-haired terrier on his knees.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Reaching the door of the drawing-room I saw my intended husband for the first time--there being nothing in his appearance to awaken in me the memory of ever having seen him before.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
tootnounUS /tuːt/
a blast of a horn
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
a source of difficulty
From this reading I went downstairs hesitatingly, with a haunting sense of coming trouble.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading A little later Nessy MacLeod came to tell me that Lord Raa and his party had arrived and I was wanted immediately.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I went downstairs hesitatingly, with a haunting sense of coming trouble.
at the time that
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I went downstairs hesitatingly, with a haunting sense of coming trouble.
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading It contained three gentlemen, one of them wore goggles and carried a silver-haired terrier on his knees.
the act of creating written works
From this reading I was sitting in my own room, writing to the Reverend Mother, to tell her of my return home, when I heard the toot of a horn and raising my eyes saw a motor-car coming up the drive.
