used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Pleas._ Will you not stay, sir? it may be I have a little business with you.
the state of being absent
From this reading Away to your study, I advise you; invoke your muses, and make madrigals upon absence.
adviseverbUS /ædˈvaɪz/
give advice to
From this reading Away to your study, I advise you; invoke your muses, and make madrigals upon absence.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading _Pleas._ Now, good John among the maids, how mean you to bestow your time?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Away to your study, I advise you; invoke your muses, and make madrigals upon absence.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Away to your study, I advise you; invoke your muses, and make madrigals upon absence.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _Wood._ I would go to China, or Japan, to be rid of that impetuous clack of yours.
bestowverbUS /bɪˈstoʊ/
present
From this reading _Pleas._ Now, good John among the maids, how mean you to bestow your time?
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading _Pleas._ Will you not stay, sir? it may be I have a little business with you.
ChinanounUS /ˈtʃaɪnə/
a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
From this reading _Wood._ I would go to China, or Japan, to be rid of that impetuous clack of yours.
clackverbUS /klæk/
make a rattling sound
From this reading _Wood._ I would go to China, or Japan, to be rid of that impetuous clack of yours.
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading Farewell, thou legion of tongues in one woman!
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading _Wood._ I would go to China, or Japan, to be rid of that impetuous clack of yours.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading _Pleas._ Now, good John among the maids, how mean you to bestow your time?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Pleas._ Will you not stay, sir? it may be I have a little business with you.
how
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From this reading _Pleas._ Now, good John among the maids, how mean you to bestow your time?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Away to your study, I advise you; invoke your muses, and make madrigals upon absence.
impetuousadjectiveUS /ˌɪmˈpetʃwəs/
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
From this reading _Wood._ I would go to China, or Japan, to be rid of that impetuous clack of yours.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Farewell, thou legion of tongues in one woman!
invokeverbUS /ˌɪnˈvoʊk/
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
From this reading Away to your study, I advise you; invoke your muses, and make madrigals upon absence.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Pleas._ Will you not stay, sir? it may be I have a little business with you.
JapannounUS /dʒəˈpæn/
a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
From this reading _Wood._ I would go to China, or Japan, to be rid of that impetuous clack of yours.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading _Pleas._ Now, good John among the maids, how mean you to bestow your time?
legionnounUS /ˈliːdʒən/
archaic terms for army
From this reading Farewell, thou legion of tongues in one woman!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading _Pleas._ Will you not stay, sir? it may be I have a little business with you.
madrigalsnounUS /ˈmædrəɡəlz/
plural of “madrigal” — an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form
From this reading Away to your study, I advise you; invoke your muses, and make madrigals upon absence.
maidsnounUS /meɪdz/
plural of “maid” — a female domestic
From this reading _Pleas._ Now, good John among the maids, how mean you to bestow your time?
engage in
From this reading Away to your study, I advise you; invoke your muses, and make madrigals upon absence.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading _Pleas._ Will you not stay, sir? it may be I have a little business with you.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading _Pleas._ Now, good John among the maids, how mean you to bestow your time?
musesnounUS /ˈmjuːzəz/
plural of “mus” — type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
From this reading Away to your study, I advise you; invoke your muses, and make madrigals upon absence.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Pleas._ Will you not stay, sir? it may be I have a little business with you.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading _Pleas._ Now, good John among the maids, how mean you to bestow your time?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Wood._ I would go to China, or Japan, to be rid of that impetuous clack of yours.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Farewell, thou legion of tongues in one woman!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading _Wood._ I would go to China, or Japan, to be rid of that impetuous clack of yours.
PleasnounUS /pliːz/
plural of “plea” — a humble request for help from someone in authority
From this reading _Pleas._ Now, good John among the maids, how mean you to bestow your time?
relieve from
From this reading _Wood._ I would go to China, or Japan, to be rid of that impetuous clack of yours.
term of address for a man
From this reading _Pleas._ Will you not stay, sir? it may be I have a little business with you.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading _Pleas._ Will you not stay, sir? it may be I have a little business with you.
a detailed critical inspection
From this reading Away to your study, I advise you; invoke your muses, and make madrigals upon absence.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Wood._ I would go to China, or Japan, to be rid of that impetuous clack of yours.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Pleas._ Now, good John among the maids, how mean you to bestow your time?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Farewell, thou legion of tongues in one woman!
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading _Pleas._ Now, good John among the maids, how mean you to bestow your time?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Pleas._ Now, good John among the maids, how mean you to bestow your time?
tonguesnounUS /tʌŋz/
plural of “tongue” — a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading Farewell, thou legion of tongues in one woman!
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Away to your study, I advise you; invoke your muses, and make madrigals upon absence.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading _Pleas._ Will you not stay, sir? it may be I have a little business with you.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Pleas._ Will you not stay, sir? it may be I have a little business with you.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Farewell, thou legion of tongues in one woman!
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading _Wood._ I would go to China, or Japan, to be rid of that impetuous clack of yours.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _Wood._ I would go to China, or Japan, to be rid of that impetuous clack of yours.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Pleas._ Now, good John among the maids, how mean you to bestow your time?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Pleas._ Now, good John among the maids, how mean you to bestow your time?
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading _Wood._ I would go to China, or Japan, to be rid of that impetuous clack of yours.
