something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
any thing at all
From this reading "It couldn't have come from just behind me," said Jane, "because there isn't anything behind me from which it could have...."
for the reason that
From this reading "It couldn't have come from just behind me," said Jane, "because there isn't anything behind me from which it could have...."
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading "It seemed to come from just behind you," said Mrs. Hignett nervously.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "It seemed to come from just behind you," said Mrs. Hignett nervously.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "It couldn't have come from just behind me," said Jane, "because there isn't anything behind me from which it could have...."
couldn't
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From this reading "It couldn't have come from just behind me," said Jane, "because there isn't anything behind me from which it could have...."
didn't
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From this reading "I didn't sneeze!"
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
opinion or judgment
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "It seemed to come from just behind you," said Mrs. Hignett nervously.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "It couldn't have come from just behind me," said Jane, "because there isn't anything behind me from which it could have...."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
Hignett
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From this reading "It seemed to come from just behind you," said Mrs. Hignett nervously.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I didn't sneeze!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
isn't
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From this reading "It couldn't have come from just behind me," said Jane, "because there isn't anything behind me from which it could have...."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It seemed to come from just behind you," said Mrs. Hignett nervously.
Jane
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From this reading "It couldn't have come from just behind me," said Jane, "because there isn't anything behind me from which it could have...."
and nothing more
From this reading "It seemed to come from just behind you," said Mrs. Hignett nervously.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It couldn't have come from just behind me," said Jane, "because there isn't anything behind me from which it could have...."
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "It seemed to come from just behind you," said Mrs. Hignett nervously.
nervouslyadverbUS /ˈnɜːrvəsli/
in an anxiously nervous manner
From this reading "It seemed to come from just behind you," said Mrs. Hignett nervously.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "It seemed to come from just behind you," said Mrs. Hignett nervously.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "It seemed to come from just behind you," said Mrs. Hignett nervously.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
sneezenounUS /sniːz/
a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose
From this reading "I didn't sneeze!"
sneezedverbUS /sniːzd/
past form of “sneeze” — exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose
From this reading "Somebody sneezed."
a person, without saying who
From this reading "Somebody sneezed."
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "It couldn't have come from just behind me," said Jane, "because there isn't anything behind me from which it could have...."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It seemed to come from just behind you," said Mrs. Hignett nervously.
the cognitive condition of someone who understands
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "It couldn't have come from just behind me," said Jane, "because there isn't anything behind me from which it could have...."
wontnounUS /woʊnt/
an established custom
From this reading She stopped suddenly, in her eyes the light of understanding, on her face the set expression which was wont to come to it on the eve of action.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "It seemed to come from just behind you," said Mrs. Hignett nervously.
