Chapter VII

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

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

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

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading The girl looked around the ward, and considered.

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

From this reading As she gazed from the open window she grew eager.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading There was Timmy--Jozy--She hesitated at Clementina and finally shook her head with a sad little frown.

for a short time

From this reading Her mother happened in and proposed to stay awhile and give Polly a chance.

of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

a slight wind (usually refreshing)

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

From this reading Her mother happened in and proposed to stay awhile and give Polly a chance.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading There was Timmy--Jozy--She hesitated at Clementina and finally shook her head with a sad little frown.

carefully weighed

From this reading The girl looked around the ward, and considered.

put on clothes

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy

From this reading As she gazed from the open window she grew eager.

after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay

From this reading There was Timmy--Jozy--She hesitated at Clementina and finally shook her head with a sad little frown.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

From this reading There was Timmy--Jozy--She hesitated at Clementina and finally shook her head with a sad little frown.

past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes

From this reading As she gazed from the open window she grew eager.

a young female

From this reading The girl looked around the ward, and considered.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Her mother happened in and proposed to stay awhile and give Polly a chance.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

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

From this reading As she gazed from the open window she grew eager.

(Arthurian legend) wife of King Arthur; in some versions of the legend she became Lancelot's lover and that led to the end of the Knights of the Round Table

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

past form of “happen” — come to pass

From this reading Her mother happened in and proposed to stay awhile and give Polly a chance.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading There was Timmy--Jozy--She hesitated at Clementina and finally shook her head with a sad little frown.

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

From this reading Her mother happened in and proposed to stay awhile and give Polly a chance.

past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

From this reading There was Timmy--Jozy--She hesitated at Clementina and finally shook her head with a sad little frown.

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

From this reading Her mother happened in and proposed to stay awhile and give Polly a chance.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading There was Timmy--Jozy--She hesitated at Clementina and finally shook her head with a sad little frown.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading The girl looked around the ward, and considered.

used to form the superlative

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading Her mother happened in and proposed to stay awhile and give Polly a chance.

To move from a closed position.

From this reading As she gazed from the open window she grew eager.

outside a building

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

past form of “propose” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something

From this reading Her mother happened in and proposed to stay awhile and give Polly a chance.

radiating or as if radiating light

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

plural of “ripple” — a small wave on the surface of a liquid

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

From this reading There was Timmy--Jozy--She hesitated at Clementina and finally shook her head with a sad little frown.

the act of causing something to go (especially messages)

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

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

From this reading As she gazed from the open window she grew eager.

a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment

From this reading There was Timmy--Jozy--She hesitated at Clementina and finally shook her head with a sad little frown.

the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading Her mother happened in and proposed to stay awhile and give Polly a chance.

the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

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

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There was Timmy--Jozy--She hesitated at Clementina and finally shook her head with a sad little frown.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading There was Timmy--Jozy--She hesitated at Clementina and finally shook her head with a sad little frown.

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

From this reading Her mother happened in and proposed to stay awhile and give Polly a chance.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

desired or wished for or sought

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another

From this reading The girl looked around the ward, and considered.

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

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.

a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air

From this reading As she gazed from the open window she grew eager.

in the company of; together with

From this reading There was Timmy--Jozy--She hesitated at Clementina and finally shook her head with a sad little frown.

inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in

From this reading GLADYS GUINEVERE The sun was radiant; the sky wore a most alluring blue dress; the breeze was sending up little velvety waves and ripples from the south;--Polly wanted Outdoors.