afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
aliveadjectiveUS /əˈlaɪv/
possessing life
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
(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 To-morrow I shall be twenty-one, with all my bright youth behind me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To-morrow I shall be twenty-one, with all my bright youth behind me.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading To-morrow I shall be twenty-one, with all my bright youth behind me.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading To-morrow I shall be twenty-one, with all my bright youth behind me.
Chacewater
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From this reading Mr. Polegate’s Sense of Humour “How time flies!” said Joan Chacewater, in mock despondency.
darningnoun
the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
despondencynounUS /dɪˈspɑːndənsi/
feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
From this reading Mr. Polegate’s Sense of Humour “How time flies!” said Joan Chacewater, in mock despondency.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
fliesnounUS /flaɪz/
(theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
From this reading Mr. Polegate’s Sense of Humour “How time flies!” said Joan Chacewater, in mock despondency.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
hasn't
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From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
horn-rimmedadjective
having the frame made of horn or tortoise shell or plastic that simulates either
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
How
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From this reading Mr. Polegate’s Sense of Humour “How time flies!” said Joan Chacewater, in mock despondency.
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
From this reading Mr. Polegate’s Sense of Humour “How time flies!” said Joan Chacewater, in mock despondency.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading To-morrow I shall be twenty-one, with all my bright youth behind me.
I'm
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From this reading “To-night I’m in my prime.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mr. Polegate’s Sense of Humour “How time flies!” said Joan Chacewater, in mock despondency.
Joan
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From this reading Mr. Polegate’s Sense of Humour “How time flies!” said Joan Chacewater, in mock despondency.
joined in matrimony
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To-morrow I shall be twenty-one, with all my bright youth behind me.
the time between one event, process, or period and another
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
mockverbUS /mɑːk/
treat with contempt
From this reading Mr. Polegate’s Sense of Humour “How time flies!” said Joan Chacewater, in mock despondency.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Polegate’s Sense of Humour “How time flies!” said Joan Chacewater, in mock despondency.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “To-night I’m in my prime.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mr. Polegate’s Sense of Humour “How time flies!” said Joan Chacewater, in mock despondency.
Polegate's
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From this reading Mr. Polegate’s Sense of Humour “How time flies!” said Joan Chacewater, in mock despondency.
by chance
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
primeadjectiveUS /praɪm/
first in rank or degree
From this reading “To-night I’m in my prime.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
recallingverbUS /rɪˈkɔːlɪŋ/
-ing form of “recall” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
in an unfortunate way
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Mr. Polegate’s Sense of Humour “How time flies!” said Joan Chacewater, in mock despondency.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading Mr. Polegate’s Sense of Humour “How time flies!” said Joan Chacewater, in mock despondency.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading To-morrow I shall be twenty-one, with all my bright youth behind me.
be seated
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
socksnounUS /sɑːks/
plural of “sock” — hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
spectaclesnounUS /ˈspektəkəlz/
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
not in physical motion
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Mr. Polegate’s Sense of Humour “How time flies!” said Joan Chacewater, in mock despondency.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
To-morrow
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From this reading To-morrow I shall be twenty-one, with all my bright youth behind me.
To-night
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From this reading “To-night I’m in my prime.
twenty-onenounUS /ˈtwentiwɔːn/
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one
From this reading To-morrow I shall be twenty-one, with all my bright youth behind me.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
at the time that
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
in the company of; together with
From this reading To-morrow I shall be twenty-one, with all my bright youth behind me.
a late time of life
From this reading Five years after that, I shall quite possibly be married to Michael here, if I’m still alive and he hasn’t died in the meantime.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Then I shall sit o’ nights darning his socks in horn-rimmed spectacles, and sadly recalling those glad days when I was young and still happy.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading To-morrow I shall be twenty-one, with all my bright youth behind me.
