Chapter XXVII · Chapter 27

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

(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 Mrs. Franks had come to feel the comforting of her husband a hopeless thing, and had all but ceased to attempt it.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading DOWN AND DOWN.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

From this reading Mrs. Franks had come to feel the comforting of her husband a hopeless thing, and had all but ceased to attempt it.

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

marked by strong resentment or cynicism

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Mrs. Franks had come to feel the comforting of her husband a hopeless thing, and had all but ceased to attempt it.

past form of “cease” — put an end to a state or an activity

From this reading Mrs. Franks had come to feel the comforting of her husband a hopeless thing, and had all but ceased to attempt it.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Mrs. Franks had come to feel the comforting of her husband a hopeless thing, and had all but ceased to attempt it.

a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

providing freedom from worry

From this reading Mrs. Franks had come to feel the comforting of her husband a hopeless thing, and had all but ceased to attempt it.

treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

inflected form of “dam” — obstruct with, or as if with, a dam

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading DOWN AND DOWN.

divisible by two

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

morally objectionable behavior

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

fail to do something; leave something undone

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

From this reading Mrs. Franks had come to feel the comforting of her husband a hopeless thing, and had all but ceased to attempt it.

the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

plural of “frank” — a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century

From this reading Mrs. Franks had come to feel the comforting of her husband a hopeless thing, and had all but ceased to attempt it.

depressingly dark

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Mrs. Franks had come to feel the comforting of her husband a hopeless thing, and had all but ceased to attempt it.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Mrs. Franks had come to feel the comforting of her husband a hopeless thing, and had all but ceased to attempt it.

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

a specific instance of feeling hopeful

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success

From this reading Mrs. Franks had come to feel the comforting of her husband a hopeless thing, and had all but ceased to attempt it.

a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

From this reading Mrs. Franks had come to feel the comforting of her husband a hopeless thing, and had all but ceased to attempt it.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Mrs. Franks had come to feel the comforting of her husband a hopeless thing, and had all but ceased to attempt it.

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

a gay feeling

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading Mrs. Franks had come to feel the comforting of her husband a hopeless thing, and had all but ceased to attempt it.

not any; not one

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

a place of business for retailing goods

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

the body of people in a learned occupation

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

an angry dispute

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

the state of lacking unity

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

lacking brightness or color; dull

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

not circulating or flowing

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

with sternness; in a severe manner

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

a special situation

From this reading Mrs. Franks had come to feel the comforting of her husband a hopeless thing, and had all but ceased to attempt it.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

at the time that

From this reading He grew more hopeless for the lack of what she thought moved him no more, and when she ceased to comfort him, the fountain of her own hope began to fail; in comforting him she had comforted herself.

in or at the place that

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.

belonging to which person

From this reading The boys, whose merriment even was always of a sombre kind, got more gloomy, but had not begun to quarrel; for that evil, as interfering with their profession, the father had so sternly crushed that they had less than the usual tendency to it.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Down the hill and down!--to the shores of the salt sea, where the flowing life is dammed into a stagnant lake, a dead sea, growing more and more bitter with separation and lack of outlet.