Chapter XII · Chapter 12

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

From this reading It is really a pleasure to breathe the air: it is so pure, dry, and exhilarating.

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading It is really a pleasure to breathe the air: it is so pure, dry, and exhilarating.

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

From this reading It is really a pleasure to breathe the air: it is so pure, dry, and exhilarating.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Even when the temperature is at its highest, the evenings are delightfully cool.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

a native or inhabitant of Australia

From this reading AUSTRALIAN WINTER--THE FLOODS.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

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

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

From this reading It is really a pleasure to breathe the air: it is so pure, dry, and exhilarating.

a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

strongly attracted

From this reading I was particularly charmed with the climate of Victoria.

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

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

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

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat

From this reading Even when the temperature is at its highest, the evenings are delightfully cool.

the occurrence of a change for the worse

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

in a delightful manner

From this reading Even when the temperature is at its highest, the evenings are delightfully cool.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

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

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet

From this reading It is really a pleasure to breathe the air: it is so pure, dry, and exhilarating.

wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

divisible by two

From this reading Even when the temperature is at its highest, the evenings are delightfully cool.

plural of “evening” — the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading Even when the temperature is at its highest, the evenings are delightfully cool.

making lively and cheerful

From this reading It is really a pleasure to breathe the air: it is so pure, dry, and exhilarating.

start firing a weapon

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

plural of “flood” — the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

From this reading AUSTRALIAN WINTER--THE FLOODS.

plural of “garden” — a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

the act of departing

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

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

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

superlative of “high” — greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading Even when the temperature is at its highest, the evenings are delightfully cool.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I was particularly charmed with the climate of Victoria.

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

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

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

From this reading It is really a pleasure to breathe the air: it is so pure, dry, and exhilarating.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It is really a pleasure to breathe the air: it is so pure, dry, and exhilarating.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Even when the temperature is at its highest, the evenings are delightfully cool.

most important element

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common

From this reading I was particularly charmed with the climate of Victoria.

a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

From this reading It is really a pleasure to breathe the air: it is so pure, dry, and exhilarating.

free of extraneous elements of any kind

From this reading It is really a pleasure to breathe the air: it is so pure, dry, and exhilarating.

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading It is really a pleasure to breathe the air: it is so pure, dry, and exhilarating.

rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading It is really a pleasure to breathe the air: it is so pure, dry, and exhilarating.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

beneath the surface of the water

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)

From this reading Even when the temperature is at its highest, the evenings are delightfully cool.

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

From this reading AUSTRALIAN WINTER--THE FLOODS.

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

From this reading It is really a pleasure to breathe the air: it is so pure, dry, and exhilarating.

queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)

From this reading I was particularly charmed with the climate of Victoria.

of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

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

From this reading I was particularly charmed with the climate of Victoria.

clean by virtue of having been washed in water

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

From this reading THE VICTORIAN CLIMATE--THE BUSH IN WINTER--THE EUCALYPTUS, OR AUSTRALIAN GUM-TREE--BALL AT CLUNES--FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET--THE BUGGY SAVED--DOWN-POUR OF RAIN--GOING HOME BY WATER--THE FLOODS OUT--CLUNES SUBMERGED--CALAMITY AT BALLARAT--DAMAGE DONE BY THE FLOOD--THE CHINAMEN'S GARDENS WASHED AWAY.

at the time that

From this reading Even when the temperature is at its highest, the evenings are delightfully cool.

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading AUSTRALIAN WINTER--THE FLOODS.

in the company of; together with

From this reading I was particularly charmed with the climate of Victoria.