used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She was just about to remove her dressing-gown, and really make herself ready for bed, when the silence of the night was broken by a sound.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She was just about to remove her dressing-gown, and really make herself ready for bed, when the silence of the night was broken by a sound.
farther along in physical or mental development
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
banishedverbUS /ˈbænɪʃt/
past form of “banish” — expel from a community or group
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
terminate
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading She was just about to remove her dressing-gown, and really make herself ready for bed, when the silence of the night was broken by a sound.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She was just about to remove her dressing-gown, and really make herself ready for bed, when the silence of the night was broken by a sound.
female equivalent of a count or earl
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
a line leading to a place or point
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
dressing-gown
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From this reading She was just about to remove her dressing-gown, and really make herself ready for bed, when the silence of the night was broken by a sound.
opinion or judgment
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She was just about to remove her dressing-gown, and really make herself ready for bed, when the silence of the night was broken by a sound.
Forster
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From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
destroyed or killed
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Wasn't it in my passage?"
and nothing more
From this reading She was just about to remove her dressing-gown, and really make herself ready for bed, when the silence of the night was broken by a sound.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
immediately past
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
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 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
engage in
From this reading She was just about to remove her dressing-gown, and really make herself ready for bed, when the silence of the night was broken by a sound.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Wasn't it in my passage?"
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
inflected form of “occur” — come to pass
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was just about to remove her dressing-gown, and really make herself ready for bed, when the silence of the night was broken by a sound.
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading Wasn't it in my passage?"
placingverbUS /ˈpleɪsɪŋ/
-ing form of “place” — put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading She was just about to remove her dressing-gown, and really make herself ready for bed, when the silence of the night was broken by a sound.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading She was just about to remove her dressing-gown, and really make herself ready for bed, when the silence of the night was broken by a sound.
removeverbUS /riˈmuːv/
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading She was just about to remove her dressing-gown, and really make herself ready for bed, when the silence of the night was broken by a sound.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
sheetsnounUS /ʃiːts/
plural of “sheet” — any broad thin expanse or surface
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading She was just about to remove her dressing-gown, and really make herself ready for bed, when the silence of the night was broken by a sound.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
in the near future
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading She was just about to remove her dressing-gown, and really make herself ready for bed, when the silence of the night was broken by a sound.
not in physical motion
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
Twixt
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
Wasn't
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From this reading Wasn't it in my passage?"
(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 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What was that?
at the time that
From this reading She was just about to remove her dressing-gown, and really make herself ready for bed, when the silence of the night was broken by a sound.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was something which kept her from placing herself between the sheets; and now that at last she was beginning to have thoughts in that direction, something occurred which banished sleep still farther from her eyes.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading 'Twixt the Dark and Daylight The night had gone, the morning was well advanced, the day would soon break, the countess had long since gone, and still Miss Forster had not gone to bed.
