n. a person or firm that employs workers
I carried it, and repeated the message; anxiously watched by my employer.
Wuthering Heights By Emily BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXXII This was all the account I got from Mrs. Fairfax of her employer and mine.
You have employed your time much better.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 31 n. surroundings; totality of surrounding conditions
n. apparatus, the set of necessary tools, clothing, etc. for a particular purpose
I was similarly equipped, and, following the stream, I made my way into the open air.
I silently shook my questioner, and at last succeeded in equipping her for departure.
Wuthering Heights By Emily BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XVIII On the second day Iron Hans equipped him as a white knight, and gave him a white horse.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By The Brothers GrimmGet Context In IRON HANS a. morally bad, cruel, or very unpleasant
n. something that is very bad and harmful
Thus they talked and evil counsels prevailed.
Then it was that Jove devised evil against me.
Meanwhile Aegisthus here at home plotted his evil deed.
a. precisely agreeing with standard, fact, or truth
I will tell anybody who asks me questions, this exact tale.
The city is an exact square, each side of the wall being five hundred feet long.
Gulliver's Travels(V1) By Jonathan SwiftGet Context In PART 1: CHAPTER IV. None could have noticed the exact minute of his death, it was so entirely without a struggle.
Wuthering Heights By Emily BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXVIII v. test someone's knowledge or skill
v. check or study something carefully to discover essential features or meaning
Earnshaw had come out to examine the mischief he had caused, and he was then conveying the poor thing up-stairs.
Wuthering Heights By Emily BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXIV Having opened, I emptied the whole contents into my apron, and took them with me to examine at leisure in my own chamber.
Wuthering Heights By Emily BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXI No one was very near, and running up to examine, he gave it a sly nudge with his toe, which put it just an inch on the right side.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER TWELVE v. be, or be real
v. be able to live
Yes, I see too plainly that it does exist.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 80. The Accusation. There could not exist in the world two men over whom Mr. Darcy could have such boundless influence.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 33 Wuthering Heights and Mr. Heathcliff did not exist for her: she was a perfect recluse; and, apparently, perfectly contented.
Wuthering Heights By Emily BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XVIII v. erupt; blow up; burst violently as a result of internal pressure
Compression is needed to explode gunpowder.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber. Not to grieve a kind master, I learned to be less touchy; and, for the space of half a year, the gunpowder lay as harmless as sand, because no fire came near to explode it.
Wuthering Heights By Emily BronteGet Context In CHAPTER X "It's one of them horrid telegraph things, mum," she said, handling it as if she was afraid it would explode and do some damage.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER FIFTEEN v. make use of, sometimes unjustly
Proud of this exploit, Vampa took the dead animal on his shoulders, and carried him to the farm.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits. After this exploit, I walked gently to and fro on the bed, to recover my breath and loss of spirits.
Gulliver's Travels(V1) By Jonathan SwiftGet Context In PART 2: CHAPTER I. It will take us a long time to go the round of the farms and exploit the men, and all the time the suitors will be wasting your estate with impunity and without compunction.
v. become firmly fixed together
You had better change your frock now; I will go with you and fasten it.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XIII It had twelve beautifully made brooch pins of pure gold with which to fasten it.
THE harder Tom tried to fasten his mind on his book, the more his ideas wandered.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER VII n. an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
He was my late master: that is his portrait over the fireplace.
Wuthering Heights By Emily BronteGet Context In CHAPTER VIII It made her jump and look around at the sofa by the fireplace, from which it seemed to come.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER VI Coming down somewhat later than usual, I saw, by the sunbeams piercing the chinks of the shutters, Miss Catherine still seated near the fireplace.
Wuthering Heights By Emily BronteGet Context In CHAPTER IX a. capable of being bent or flexed
Chateau-Renaud contented himself with tapping his boot with his flexible cane.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 91. Mother and Son. Mobile and flexible, it was never intended to be compressed in the eternal silence of solitude: it is a mouth which should speak much and smile often, and have human affection for its interlocutor.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XIX His arms became stiff, his legs lost their flexibility, and he was almost breathless.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen. n. cause to fill or become covered with water; a large flow
If the flood annoyed him, so much the better.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXVII The burning Marseilles sun, which shot into the room through the open door, covered them with a flood of light.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 3. The Catalans. Floating on with closed eyes and muffled ears, you neither see the rocks bristling not far off in the bed of the flood, nor hear the breakers boil at their base.
v. grow or develop successfully; decorate with ornaments
Quite absorbed in her work, Jo scribbled away till the last page was filled, when she signed her name with a flourish and threw down her pen, exclaiming.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER FOURTEEN Jo nodded and laughed, and flourished her broom as she called out.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER FIVE All sorts of pleasant things happened about that time, for the new friendship flourished like grass in spring.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER SIX a. luminous; bright; emitting visible light
a. belonging or connected to a country that is not your own
Before the Achaeans went to Troy, nine times was I in command of men and ships on foreign service, and I amassed much wealth.
Au revoir, madamoiselle, and Laurie bent as if to kiss her hand, in the foreign fashion, which became him better than many men.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE But he enjoys it like a boy, Mrs. Kirke says, and takes it so good-naturedly that they all like him in spite of his foreign ways.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE n. basis on which something is grounded
But I know the foundation is unjust.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 21 I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 60 It was without any foundation that Le Messager yesterday announced the flight of Don Carlos and the revolt of Barcelona.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 61. How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice tha... n. spring of water issuing from the earth; artificially produced jet or stream of water
She skipped round the fountain garden, and up one walk and down another.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER VIII But the flower-beds were bare and wintry and the fountain was not playing.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER IV He took his way, as Mary had done, through the door in the shrubbery and among the laurels and the fountain beds.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XXVII n. injury to body tissues, esp. the fingers and toes, caused by freezing
a. turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
a. not convertible to cash
Go in now, you look half frozen.
There he sat quite benumbed and motionless; one would have imagined he was frozen to death.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE SNOW QUEEN I dreamt I was sleeping the last sleep by that sleeper, with my heart stopped and my cheek frozen against hers.
Wuthering Heights By Emily BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXIX n. the time to come
n. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
But for the future it shall be different.
in future I will try to take time by the fetlock and.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER TEN For the future we can live quite differently--we can do just as we like.
n. a southern state of the United States of America
n. a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group
n. formerly the restricted quarter in which Jews were required to live
n. the spirit of a dead person
n. a memory, usually of something or someone bad
Then came the ghost of my dead mother Anticlea, daughter to Autolycus.
Then came also the ghost of Theban Teiresias, with his golden sceptre in his hand.
The first ghost that came was that of my comrade Elpenor, for he had not yet been laid beneath the earth.
n. body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth
A double movement of the globe he inhabited, and of which he could feel nothing, appeared to him perfectly impossible.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber. Every delicious fruit that the four quarters of the globe could provide was heaped in vases from China and jars from Japan.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 63. The Dinner. But nature, it seems, has not been so expert a school-mistress; and these politer pleasures are entirely the productions of art and reason on our side of the globe.
Gulliver's Travels(V2) By Jonathan SwiftGet Context In PART 4: CHAPTER VII. n. the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal
n. a parent of your father or mother
v. grip; take hold of or seize firmly with or as if with the hand
From time to time chills ran through his whole body, and clutched his heart in a grasp of ice.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 20. The Cemetery of the Chateau D'If. Still I did not answer, and still I writhed myself from his grasp: for I was still incredulous.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXIII Madame Danglars had risen, and stood before the procureur, whose hands she wrung in her feeble grasp.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 67. At the Office of the King's Attorney. n. a store that sells food and small things for the home
n. goods sold by a grocer shop or supermarket
You gave him a cool nod, and just now you bowed and smiled in the politest way to Tommy Chamberlain, whose father keeps a grocery store.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE The Duke's Daughter paid the butcher's bill, A Phantom Hand put down a new carpet, and the Curse of the Coventrys proved the blessing of the Marches in the way of groceries and gowns.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN v. make a low, rough sound, usually in anger, as angry dog
The Mouse only growled in reply.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis CarrollGet Context In CHAPTER III. A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale They growled a response and went on digging.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER IX He was still cursing when a loud growling was heard, and a black bear came trotting towards them out of the forest.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By The Brothers GrimmGet Context In SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED n. a stringed instrument usually having six strings, played by strumming or plucking
He came in gorgeous array, with plumed cap, red cloak, chestnut lovelocks, a guitar, and the boots, of course.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER TWO Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars; interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many other instruments of music, unknown to us in Europe.
Gulliver's Travels(V2) By Jonathan SwiftGet Context In PART 3: CHAPTER II. n. the act of cutting the hair
n. the style in which hair has been cut
n. one who hangs, or causes to be hanged
n. loop or strap by which something is hung
However, I had the courage to rise and draw my hanger, and attack them in the air.
Gulliver's Travels(V1) By Jonathan SwiftGet Context In PART 2: CHAPTER III. One of them came up almost to my face, whereupon I rose in a fright, and drew out my hanger to defend myself.
Gulliver's Travels(V1) By Jonathan SwiftGet Context In PART 2: CHAPTER I. Then she set me on a table, where I showed her my hanger all bloody, and wiping it on the lappet of my coat, returned it to the scabbard.
Gulliver's Travels(V1) By Jonathan SwiftGet Context In PART 2: CHAPTER I. n. physical and electronic parts of a computer
n. metal tools, materials, and equipment used in a house or a garden
n. pain you feel inside your head
Cuddle your cats and get over your headache, Bethy.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER FOUR Jo had burned the skin off her nose boating, and got a raging headache by reading too long.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER ELEVEN Beth had a headache and lay on the sofa, trying to comfort herself with the cat and three kittens.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER FOUR a. stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding
Lizzy is only headstrong in such matters as these.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 20 I was a boy then, headstrong and violent, and it took a hard lesson to show me my mistake.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER FORTY-THREE Though I cannot say I made a gentle nurse, and Joseph and the master were no better, and though our patient was as wearisome and headstrong as a patient could be, she weathered it through.
Wuthering Heights By Emily BronteGet Context In CHAPTER IX n. secret place where someone can go, usually a remote place used by outlaws
ad. on a horse
n. riding a horse
But little Tuk was no longer lying down: all at once he was on horseback.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE DREAM OF LITTLE TUK Danglars turned to the left; another man on horseback was galloping on that side.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 114. Peppino. My stables are at your command, viscount; but you will kill yourself by riding on horseback.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 85. The Journey. n. the work of cleaning and running a house
Amy found that housework and art did not go well together, and returned to her mud pies.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER SEVENTEEN She is a capital nurse, and you may trust the precious babies to her while you do more housework.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT n. the largest city in Texas, located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico
n. the ability to find things funny
v. do what someone wants so that they do not become upset
Danglars was balancing his monthly accounts, and it was perhaps not the most favorable moment for finding him in his best humor.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 78. We hear From Yanina. So Laurie did his best, and sang delightfully, being in a particularly lively humor, for to the Marches he seldom showed the moody side of his character.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER SEVEN Jo was not in a good humor, and the perverse fit returned, but Amy, who had virtuously done her duty, kept her temper and pleased everybody, was in a most angelic frame of mind.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE a. funny, or making someone laugh
The humorous poem was admirably recited, and the speaker much applauded.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE So Laurie did his best, and sang delightfully, being in a particularly lively humor, for to the Marches he seldom showed the moody side of his character.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER SEVEN Jo was not in a good humor, and the perverse fit returned, but Amy, who had virtuously done her duty, kept her temper and pleased everybody, was in a most angelic frame of mind.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE a. moved, operated, or effected by liquid, like water or oil
n. a chemical element that is the lightest gas, has no colour, taste, or smell
n. dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from hard snow
n. a midwestern state in north-central United States
n. mental image of something that is not real or true
n. the ability to form images of things or events in mind
A lively imagination soon settled it all.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 28 The Blefuscudians, who had not the least imagination of what I intended, were at first confounded with astonishment.
Gulliver's Travels(V1) By Jonathan SwiftGet Context In PART 1: CHAPTER V. Tom was suffering in reality, now, so handsomely was his imagination working, and so his groans had gathered quite a genuine tone.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER V v. injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
Not these impaired the sacred name.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XVII. They were very curious to know my story, but I gave them very little satisfaction, and they all conjectured that my misfortunes had impaired my reason.
Gulliver's Travels(V2) By Jonathan SwiftGet Context In PART 4: CHAPTER XI. "Oh, gentlemen, you see it is all useless, and that my father's mind is really impaired," said Villefort.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 59. The Will. n. general increase in the prices of goods and services in a country
If I had anything by means of which I could inflate the lungs," said d'Avrigny, looking around him, "perhaps I might prevent suffocation.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 79. The Lemonade. She was a subscriber for all the "Health" periodicals and phrenological frauds; and the solemn ignorance they were inflated with was breath to her nostrils.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XII a. naive; lacking sense or awareness; free from evil or guilt
The big chamber was the scene of many innocent revels.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER TWO There you shall live a happy, and guarded, and most innocent life.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXVII But if you are really innocent and ignorant, I must be more explicit.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 52