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Chapter VIII
THE GREEN VELVET DRESS. “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv. 17. “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.” “Oh but, mother, remember your rheumatics.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.””
To recall to mind.
From this reading ““Oh but, mother, remember your rheumatics.””
an old-fashioned term for painful conditions affecting joints and muscles
From this reading ““Oh but, mother, remember your rheumatics.””
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading ““Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.””
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From this reading 17.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Oh but, mother, remember your rheumatics.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE GREEN VELVET DRESS.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE GREEN VELVET DRESS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh but, mother, remember your rheumatics.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh but, mother, remember your rheumatics.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv.
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Oh but, mother, remember your rheumatics.”
an old-fashioned term for painful conditions affecting joints and muscles
From this reading “Oh but, mother, remember your rheumatics.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GREEN VELVET DRESS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE GREEN VELVET DRESS.
in or at the place that
From this reading “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”—PROV. xv.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Wrap your cloak tight round you, my lass; for the wind’s bitter cold this morning: and here—see—you wouldn’t be the worse of my bit of a shawl under it.”
