used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
in the past
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
weapons considered collectively
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
brought into existence
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
placed in a grave
From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
buryingnounUS /ˈberiɪŋ/
concealing something under the ground
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
cheapadjectiveUS /tʃiːp/
relatively low in price or charging low prices
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
a young person of either sex
From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
curlsnounUS /kɜːrlz/
plural of “curl” — a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
dearly loved
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
deathsnounUS /deθs/
plural of “death” — the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
dyingadjectiveUS /ˈdaɪɪŋ/
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
EsthernounUS /ˈestər/
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
opinion or judgment
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
frizzledverbUS /ˈfrɪzəld/
past form of “frizzle” — fry something until it curls and becomes crisp
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
a young female
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
hairsnounUS /herz/
plural of “hair” — a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
husbandsnounUS /ˈhʌzbəndz/
plural of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
I've
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From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
indecencies
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From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
Johnson'snounUS /ˈdʒɑːnsənz/
possessive form of “johnson” — English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
laceverbUS /leɪs/
spin, wind, or twist together
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
the force of workers available
From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
not any; not one
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
Orace
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From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
pocket-handkerchiefnoun
a handkerchief that is carried in a pocket
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
prayedverbUS /preɪd/
past form of “pray” — address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
proper-minded
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From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
railwaynounUS /ˈreɪlweɪ/
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
she's
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From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
the display of a motion picture
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
carry out
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
a special situation
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
untoprepositionUS /ˈʌntuː/
an old word for “to”
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
wailedverbUS /weɪld/
past form of “wail” — emit long loud cries
From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
which person or people
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
Wickham
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From this reading _Anna Wickham._ "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" wailed the old lady, burying her face in her pocket-handkerchief; "to think as I've lived to see the day!
in the company of; together with
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
won't
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From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I've always lived with 'Orace, and I've always prayed that the Lord would take me unto Himself before I was left alone with my grey hairs.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading And she won't have me to live with them--I who have never been parted from 'Orace not one day since he was born thirty year ago come Sunday.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading A poor, pretty thing she is, too, with a pair of blue eyes and frizzled yellow curls, dressed out beyond her station in cheap indecencies of lace showing her neck and arms, as no proper-minded girl should.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, I've got Esther; she's away in service: she's Johnson's child; I've buried two husbands, both of them railway men and both of them dying violent deaths.
