Chapter V

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

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading And the sky was so blue, the sun so hot, bringing out all the aromatic odours of the cliff herbs.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading It would almost be worth while to be a humble bee to work so busily among the purple thyme.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading It would almost be worth while to be a humble bee to work so busily among the purple thyme.

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

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

any thing at all

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

(chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings

From this reading And the sky was so blue, the sun so hot, bringing out all the aromatic odours of the cliff herbs.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading It would almost be worth while to be a humble bee to work so busily among the purple thyme.

any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species

From this reading It would almost be worth while to be a humble bee to work so busily among the purple thyme.

of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

From this reading And the sky was so blue, the sun so hot, bringing out all the aromatic odours of the cliff herbs.

the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)

From this reading And the sky was so blue, the sun so hot, bringing out all the aromatic odours of the cliff herbs.

in a busy manner

From this reading It would almost be worth while to be a humble bee to work so busily among the purple thyme.

a steep high face of rock

From this reading And the sky was so blue, the sun so hot, bringing out all the aromatic odours of the cliff herbs.

the shore of a sea or ocean

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

a line of units following one after another

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

a Celtic language spoken in Cornwall

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

apart from; not including

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

From this reading She let some heads of it she had picked fall on her lap with a little listless gesture.

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From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling

From this reading She let some heads of it she had picked fall on her lap with a little listless gesture.

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From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading She let some heads of it she had picked fall on her lap with a little listless gesture.

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From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading She let some heads of it she had picked fall on her lap with a little listless gesture.

(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading She let some heads of it she had picked fall on her lap with a little listless gesture.

plural of “herb” — a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

From this reading And the sky was so blue, the sun so hot, bringing out all the aromatic odours of the cliff herbs.

advanced in complexity or elaboration

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

From this reading And the sky was so blue, the sun so hot, bringing out all the aromatic odours of the cliff herbs.

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From this reading How sweet they were!

low or inferior in station or quality

From this reading It would almost be worth while to be a humble bee to work so busily among the purple thyme.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It would almost be worth while to be a humble bee to work so busily among the purple thyme.

lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

From this reading She let some heads of it she had picked fall on her lap with a little listless gesture.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading She let some heads of it she had picked fall on her lap with a little listless gesture.

lacking zest or vivacity

From this reading She let some heads of it she had picked fall on her lap with a little listless gesture.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading She let some heads of it she had picked fall on her lap with a little listless gesture.

the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

plural of “odour” — the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

From this reading And the sky was so blue, the sun so hot, bringing out all the aromatic odours of the cliff herbs.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading She let some heads of it she had picked fall on her lap with a little listless gesture.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading And the sky was so blue, the sun so hot, bringing out all the aromatic odours of the cliff herbs.

above and across; more than

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group

From this reading She let some heads of it she had picked fall on her lap with a little listless gesture.

a purple color or pigment

From this reading It would almost be worth while to be a humble bee to work so busily among the purple thyme.

marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

cause to go somewhere

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

-ing form of “shelve” — hold back to a later time

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

From this reading And the sky was so blue, the sun so hot, bringing out all the aromatic odours of the cliff herbs.

move stealthily

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading And the sky was so blue, the sun so hot, bringing out all the aromatic odours of the cliff herbs.

characterized by good substantial quality

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading She let some heads of it she had picked fall on her lap with a little listless gesture.

a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

come to a halt, stop moving

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

the property of being physically or mentally strong

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading And the sky was so blue, the sun so hot, bringing out all the aromatic odours of the cliff herbs.

having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

From this reading How sweet they were!

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

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading How sweet they were!

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

any of various mints of the genus Thymus

From this reading It would almost be worth while to be a humble bee to work so busily among the purple thyme.

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

From this reading It would almost be worth while to be a humble bee to work so busily among the purple thyme.

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From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

continuing at full strength or intensity

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

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

From this reading And the sky was so blue, the sun so hot, bringing out all the aromatic odours of the cliff herbs.

past form of “watch” — look attentively

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

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 Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

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

From this reading How sweet they were!

during the time that

From this reading It would almost be worth while to be a humble bee to work so busily among the purple thyme.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading It would almost be worth while to be a humble bee to work so busily among the purple thyme.

an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value

From this reading It would almost be worth while to be a humble bee to work so busily among the purple thyme.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Would anything stop those waves except a Cornish coast? thought Helen Tressilian, as she watched the green-blue, solid water slip over a half-sunk rock, and with unabated strength, send up against a higher shelving mass a forty-foot column of reckless spray.