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From this reading 25 February, 1830.]
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From this reading 25 February, 1830.]
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
BARTON
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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO BERNARD BARTON [P.M.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
BERNARDnounUS /bərˈnɑːrd/
French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878)
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO BERNARD BARTON [P.M.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading The more my character comes to be known, the less my veracity will come to be suspected.
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO BERNARD BARTON [P.M.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The more my character comes to be known, the less my veracity will come to be suspected.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading The more my character comes to be known, the less my veracity will come to be suspected.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
dispatchverbUS /dɪˈspætʃ/
send away towards a designated goal
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
FebruarynounUS /ˈfebjəweri/
the month following January and preceding March
From this reading 25 February, 1830.]
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
furnishverbUS /ˈfɜːrnɪʃ/
give something useful or necessary to
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
gobbleverbUS /ˈɡɑːbəl/
eat hastily without proper chewing
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading The more my character comes to be known, the less my veracity will come to be suspected.
LAMBnounUS /læm/
young sheep
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO BERNARD BARTON [P.M.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading The more my character comes to be known, the less my veracity will come to be suspected.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO BERNARD BARTON [P.M.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The more my character comes to be known, the less my veracity will come to be suspected.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO BERNARD BARTON [P.M.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
Personâ
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From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
propriâ
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From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
scrapnounUS /skræp/
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
believed likely
From this reading The more my character comes to be known, the less my veracity will come to be suspected.
carry out
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO BERNARD BARTON [P.M.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
veracitynounUS /vərˈæsɪti/
unwillingness to tell lies
From this reading The more my character comes to be known, the less my veracity will come to be suspected.
accept gladly
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The more my character comes to be known, the less my veracity will come to be suspected.
in the company of; together with
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
the act of creating written works
From this reading So take it from me hastily, that you are perfectly welcome to furnish A.C. with the scrap, which I had almost forgotten writing.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear B.B.--To reply to you by return of post, I must gobble up my dinner, and dispatch this in propriâ Personâ to the office, to be in time.
