n. past events
Then little Gerda cried, and told her her whole history, and all that the Ravens had done for her.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContext Highlight In THE SNOW QUEEN Then, compelled to quit Rome, he went and got himself obscurely killed in a night skirmish, scarcely noticed in history.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 18. The Treasure. And it seemed to both of them it contained much that resembled their own history; and those parts that were like it pleased them best.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContext Highlight In THE ELDERBUSH n. a room assigned to specific persons in a commercial organization
He was, as this remark shows, a man full of philanthropy, and in every way fit for his office.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 14. The Two Prisoners. While she was doing this kind office one of her cheeses fell out of the basket, and rolled down the hill.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By The Brothers GrimmContext Highlight In FREDERICK AND CATHERINE I only await one thing before following your advice; that is, a minister who will hold office for six months.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 39. The Guests. n. a building used for public Christian worship
He always brought his mother to church, and was the pride of all the matrons.
Sabbath-school hours were from nine to half-past ten; and then church service.
Dickon stood quite still and put his hand on Mary almost as if they had suddenly found themselves laughing in a church.
n. fellowship; association
n. a commercial business
Well, there is company there, I reckon.
She had often been tired of her company.
He remembered that there was company at the pump.
ad. used to single out one thing over all others
ad. to a great extent; very much
Monsieur Baptistin especially; I could never get such a man as that.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 54. A Flurry in Stocks. Diable, when a churchman is killed, it should be with a different weapon than a log, especially when he has behaved like a father.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 35. La Mazzolata. At this moment he was especially convincing because he suddenly felt the fascination of actually making a sort of speech like a grown-up person.
pron. a reflexive form of you
pron. you personally
But mother, she was put out about your seemin to be all by yourself like.
"You'll go by yourself," she answered.
You'll have to play about and look after yourself.
n. each of the two upper limbs of the human body
Mistress Mary put her hand on his arm again without knowing it.
Mary put on her coat and hat and took her skipping-rope over her arm.
Dickon laughed so that he was obliged to stifle the sound by putting his arm over his mouth.
v. rescue from danger or possible harm or loss
v. lay up money as the result of economy
Because nothing can save you; your wounds are mortal.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 83. The Hand of God. They told him that their father was very ill, and that they were afraid nothing could save him.
Morrel will have nothing to reproach us with, we have tried to save the ship, let us now save ourselves.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son. n. difficulty or problems
v. put to inconvenience, exertion, pains
Mother said that there was enough trouble and raging in th house to set any child wrong.
Martha was waiting for her and the trouble in her face had been temporarily replaced by interest and curiosity.
She heard neither voices nor footsteps, and wondered if everybody had got well of the cholera and all the trouble was over.
a. not correct or true
n. an injustice
She used the wrong Magic until she made him beat her.
Mother said that there was enough trouble and raging in th house to set any child wrong.
And she felt she was quite right; but of course now she felt that Colin was quite wrong.
a. different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
Between these large dishes were smaller ones containing various dainties.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor. He waylaid other boys as they came, and went on buying tickets of various colors ten or fifteen minutes longer.
So he thought over various plans for relief, and finally hit upon that of professing to be fond of Pain-killer.
a. special or more than usual
n. a small single part of a whole; detail
He was always just that particular.
Towards daybreak we tied up, and Jim was mighty particular about hiding the raft good.
He had no opinion of the Doxology and he did not make the suggestion with any particular reverence.
n. a leader or ruler of a people
a. most important; main
But the chief, without taking the money, made a sign to him to follow.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits. Their demand was fair, and the chief inclined his head in sign of acquiescence.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits. Sometimes a chief is wanted, but when a chief presents himself he rarely has to wait long for a band of followers.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits. n. a time when you can do something
v. happen by accident or unexpectedly
If I or she should chance to be.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis CarrollContext Highlight In CHAPTER XII. Alice's Evidence So he played with him every time he got a chance.
He began to hate himself for throwing away the chance Becky had offered for a reconciliation.
n. a secret or underhand agreement
v. be able to handle competently or successfully
She had found out a great deal this morning.
He chirped a good deal and had a very busy air, as if he were showing her things.
There is no doubt that the fresh, strong, pure air from the moor had a great deal to do with it.
v. go to see and spend time with someone socially
For we are going a visit to pay.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By The Brothers GrimmContext Highlight In THE ADVENTURES OF CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET He had made his visit and had other things to do.
s restoration, a visit was made by the inspector-general of prisons.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 14. The Two Prisoners. n. the opening through which to take in food
Dickon curved his wide smiling mouth.
Dickon laughed so that he was obliged to stifle the sound by putting his arm over his mouth.
She looked so sour and old-fashioned that the nurse turned her head aside to hide the twitching of her mouth.
a. having a great deal of money or assets; wealthy
Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like.
Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich.
He began to dig again, driving his spade deep into the rich black garden soil while the robin hopped about very busily employed.
a. feeling fear or anxiety; frightened
She was almost afraid to answer.
I am afraid there has been too much excitement.
He seemed quite familiar and not the least afraid.
a. only one
n. one person or thing
Nobody had bought anything of her the whole livelong day; no one had given her a single farthing.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContext Highlight In THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL They began to flee, but the youth pursued, and never stopped, until there was not a single man left.
Yes, in a single day he had accomplished what his more serious-minded companion would have taken weeks to effect.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. n. the state of something, especially with regard to its appearance or quality
What with the rain and the wind, she was in a sad condition; the water trickled down from her hair, and her clothes clung to her body.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContext Highlight In THE REAL PRINCESS But they never found they could send away anything and the highly polished condition of the empty plates returned to the pantry awakened much comment.
Tom was like the rest of the respectable boys, in that he envied Huckleberry his gaudy outcast condition, and was under strict orders not to play with him.
n. the third month of the year, next after February
v. walk with a regular, especially forceful, step like a soldier
You just march into that setting-room and stay there till I come.
An hour before daybreak, Cucumetto aroused his men, and gave the word to march.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits. Pretty soon we was in the middle of a crowd, and the noise of the tramping was like a soldier march.
v. (past tense) be in time for; trap after chasing or hunting
Mary looked and caught her breath a little.
She quite caught her breath as she stopped to look at it.
Something white fastened to the standard rose-bush caught her eye.
n. a length or portion of time
Vaguely; I was far from France at that period.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 44. The Vendetta. Alas, I have still to recount the most distressing period of my life.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 45. The Rain of Blood. The Councillor boldly declared the time of King Hans to be the noblest and the most happy period.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContext Highlight In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE n. a large room for meetings, concerts, or other events
Once more she found herself in the long hall, and close to the little glass table.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis CarrollContext Highlight In CHAPTER VII. A Mad Tea-Party In the midst of the large, old, smoking hall burnt a great fire on the stone floor.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContext Highlight In THE SNOW QUEEN All at once an icy cold rushed through the great hall, and the blind mother could feel that it was Death that came.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContext Highlight In THE STORY OF A MOTHER n. thing or things owned; possession
n. buildings or real estate
They were satisfactory, and the property changed hands.
The law backs that old Judge Thatcher up and helps him to keep me out o my property.
He even told me he had not the slightest doubt that my father would give me the capital instead of the interest of my property.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 81. The Room of the Retired Baker. a. existing as a result of birth
a. having a specific natural quality or ability
She had been born ten years ago.
I never ketched cold since I was born.
Mr. Craven went off his head like when he was born.
n. sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength
Alice did not at all like the tone of this remark, and thought it would be as well to introduce some other subject of conversation.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis CarrollContext Highlight In CHAPTER VI. Pig and Pepper "I couldn't go on the moor," he said in a resentful tone.
'Have some wine,' the March Hare said in an encouraging tone.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis CarrollContext Highlight In CHAPTER VII. A Mad Tea-Party a. making no sound; quiet
a. not speaking or using spoken expression
She had never known it to be so silent before.
Mary was silent for a minute and then she said something bold.
But no one came, and as she lay waiting the house seemed to grow more and more silent.
a. having all the properties or qualities; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error
The night passed in perfect silence.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27. Then all anxiety was at an end, and they lived together in perfect happiness.
Dantes uttered a cry of joy and surprise; never had a first attempt been crowned with more perfect success.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave. n. practical contact with and observation of facts or events
v. encounter or undergo; feel; meet with
Huck was having the same experience.
He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October. Tom was touched, for he knew by his own experience how this wretch had suffered.
a. newly made; recently arrived; just come
ad. newly; recently
That would be getting fresh air.
She needs liberty and fresh air and romping about.
He told them to take it off and keep me out in the fresh air.
n. point of the horizon where the sun rises
creek to the east in a right line.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 18. The Treasure. ck from the small creek to the east in a right line.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 18. The Treasure. n. relative worth, or importance
v. regard or esteem highly
Heinel said they must first let him try these wonderful things, then he might know how to set a value upon them.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By The Brothers GrimmContext Highlight In THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN The guide took them, thinking them merely a few pieces of little value; but the light of the torch revealed their true worth.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 113. The Past. The life of a man was to him of far less value than a numeral, especially when, by taking it away, he could increase the sum total of his own desires.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 9. The Evening of the Betrothal. n. an amount that has to be spent to buy something
v. require the payment of money in an exchange
This indifference must be broken up at any cost.
Danglars sighed while he carved the fowl; it appeared very thin for the price it had cost.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 115. Luigi Vampa's Bill of Fare. Dantes declared, however, that he would rather die where he was than undergo the agony which the slightest movement cost him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo. a. needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with
a. hard to deal with
And so it makes it so rotten difficult to get up a difficult plan.
It is difficult to form an idea of the perfect change that had taken place.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome. Mary was afraid that she might begin to ask difficult questions, but she did not.