used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Mrs. Haydon spoke to Lena very often about Herman.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
(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 She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
angryadjectiveUS /ˈæŋɡri/
feeling or showing anger
From this reading Mrs. Haydon sometimes got very angry with Lena.
react verbally
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
don't
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From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading "Yes ma'am," said Lena, and then Mrs. Haydon was furious with this stupid Lena.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
the act of giving
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
the act of departing
From this reading She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Mrs. Haydon sometimes got very angry with Lena.
Haydon
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From this reading Mrs. Haydon spoke to Lena very often about Herman.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
HermannounUS /ˈhɜːrmən/
United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987)
From this reading Mrs. Haydon spoke to Lena very often about Herman.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
Kreder
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From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
LenanounUS /ˈliːnə/
a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea
From this reading Mrs. Haydon spoke to Lena very often about Herman.
Lena'snounUS /ˈliːnəz/
possessive form of “lena” — a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
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 "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
ma'amnounUS /mæm/
a woman of refinement
From this reading "Yes ma'am," said Lena, and then Mrs. Haydon was furious with this stupid Lena.
joined in matrimony
From this reading She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Haydon spoke to Lena very often about Herman.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
many times at short intervals
From this reading Mrs. Haydon spoke to Lena very often about Herman.
on one occasion
From this reading She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
precisely, exactly
From this reading She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Mrs. Haydon sometimes got very angry with Lena.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Mrs. Haydon spoke to Lena very often about Herman.
be standing; be upright
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
stubbornadjectiveUS /ˈstʌbərn/
tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
From this reading She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Yes ma'am," said Lena, and then Mrs. Haydon was furious with this stupid Lena.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Yes ma'am," said Lena, and then Mrs. Haydon was furious with this stupid Lena.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Haydon spoke to Lena very often about Herman.
precisely as stated
From this reading Mrs. Haydon spoke to Lena very often about Herman.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
at the time that
From this reading She was afraid that Lena, for once, was going to be stubborn, now when it was all fixed right for her to be married.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Haydon sometimes got very angry with Lena.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes ma'am," said Lena, and then Mrs. Haydon was furious with this stupid Lena.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why you stand there so stupid, why don't you answer, Lena," said Mrs. Haydon one Sunday, at the end of a long talking that she was giving Lena about Herman Kreder, and about Lena's getting married to him.
