(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
awakeadjectiveUS /əˈweɪk/
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
bandagenounUS /ˈbændɪdʒ/
a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
bathedverbUS /beɪðd/
past form of “bathe” — cleanse the entire body
From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
next to; at the side of
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
the first light of day
From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
differentlyadverbUS /ˈdɪfrəntli/
in another and different manner
From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
opinion or judgment
From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
a young female
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
how
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From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
moannounUS /moʊn/
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
not any; not one
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
held or filled or in use
From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
penancenounUS /ˈpenəns/
remorse for your past conduct
From this reading This was her penance.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
renewedadjectiveUS /rɪˈnuːd/
restored to a new condition
From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
sleepilyadverbUS /ˈsliːpəli/
in a sleepy manner
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
superlative of “slight” — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with “a”) at least some
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Sometimes she renewed the cold bandage on his head, and bathed her own eyes to keep herself awake.
sufficedverbUS /səˈfaɪst/
past form of “suffice” — be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was her penance.
up to a particular time
From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading Now and then she nodded sleepily in her chair, but the slightest moan from the sick man sufficed to wake her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was her penance.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
(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 She had been up till dawn the night before as well, but how differently occupied!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
yieldverbUS /jiːld/
be the cause or source of
From this reading All night long the girl watched beside him--to no one would she yield her place at the sick bed.
