used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
Ajaccio
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From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Presently, nay almost instantly, the dust at the left side of the stricken man became a creeping blackness.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sun had not yet crossed the mountains, but a crisp gray light lay over land and sea.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They fired at the same time.
inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Presently, nay almost instantly, the dust at the left side of the stricken man became a creeping blackness.
blacknessnounUS /ˈblæknəs/
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
From this reading Presently, nay almost instantly, the dust at the left side of the stricken man became a creeping blackness.
Breitmann
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From this reading The duke lowered his pistol, and through the smoke he saw Breitmann pitch headforemost into the thick white dust.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The sun had not yet crossed the mountains, but a crisp gray light lay over land and sea.
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
creepingnounUS /ˈkriːpɪŋ/
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
From this reading Presently, nay almost instantly, the dust at the left side of the stricken man became a creeping blackness.
crispadjectiveUS /krɪsp/
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading The sun had not yet crossed the mountains, but a crisp gray light lay over land and sea.
placed crosswise
From this reading The sun had not yet crossed the mountains, but a crisp gray light lay over land and sea.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading The duke lowered his pistol, and through the smoke he saw Breitmann pitch headforemost into the thick white dust.
remove the dust from
From this reading The duke lowered his pistol, and through the smoke he saw Breitmann pitch headforemost into the thick white dust.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
firedadjectiveUS /ˈfaɪərd/
having lost your job
From this reading They fired at the same time.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading The sun had not yet crossed the mountains, but a crisp gray light lay over land and sea.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The sun had not yet crossed the mountains, but a crisp gray light lay over land and sea.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The duke lowered his pistol, and through the smoke he saw Breitmann pitch headforemost into the thick white dust.
headforemost
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From this reading The duke lowered his pistol, and through the smoke he saw Breitmann pitch headforemost into the thick white dust.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The duke lowered his pistol, and through the smoke he saw Breitmann pitch headforemost into the thick white dust.
Iles
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From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading Presently, nay almost instantly, the dust at the left side of the stricken man became a creeping blackness.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The duke lowered his pistol, and through the smoke he saw Breitmann pitch headforemost into the thick white dust.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading The sun had not yet crossed the mountains, but a crisp gray light lay over land and sea.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The sun had not yet crossed the mountains, but a crisp gray light lay over land and sea.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Presently, nay almost instantly, the dust at the left side of the stricken man became a creeping blackness.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading The sun had not yet crossed the mountains, but a crisp gray light lay over land and sea.
loweredadjectiveUS /ˈloʊərd/
below the surround or below the normal position
From this reading The duke lowered his pistol, and through the smoke he saw Breitmann pitch headforemost into the thick white dust.
main-traveled
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From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Presently, nay almost instantly, the dust at the left side of the stricken man became a creeping blackness.
plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading The sun had not yet crossed the mountains, but a crisp gray light lay over land and sea.
an old word for “no”
From this reading Presently, nay almost instantly, the dust at the left side of the stricken man became a creeping blackness.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The sun had not yet crossed the mountains, but a crisp gray light lay over land and sea.
Parata
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From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
pistolnounUS /ˈpɪstəl/
a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
From this reading The duke lowered his pistol, and through the smoke he saw Breitmann pitch headforemost into the thick white dust.
pitchnounUS /pɪtʃ/
the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
From this reading The duke lowered his pistol, and through the smoke he saw Breitmann pitch headforemost into the thick white dust.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
in the near future
From this reading Presently, nay almost instantly, the dust at the left side of the stricken man became a creeping blackness.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
runsnounUS /rʌnz/
plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
Identical; not different.
From this reading They fired at the same time.
Sanguinaires
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From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
cut with a saw
From this reading The duke lowered his pistol, and through the smoke he saw Breitmann pitch headforemost into the thick white dust.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading The sun had not yet crossed the mountains, but a crisp gray light lay over land and sea.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Presently, nay almost instantly, the dust at the left side of the stricken man became a creeping blackness.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading The duke lowered his pistol, and through the smoke he saw Breitmann pitch headforemost into the thick white dust.
strickenadjectiveUS /ˈstrɪkən/
grievously affected especially by disease
From this reading Presently, nay almost instantly, the dust at the left side of the stricken man became a creeping blackness.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The sun had not yet crossed the mountains, but a crisp gray light lay over land and sea.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They fired at the same time.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading The duke lowered his pistol, and through the smoke he saw Breitmann pitch headforemost into the thick white dust.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The duke lowered his pistol, and through the smoke he saw Breitmann pitch headforemost into the thick white dust.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading They fired at the same time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE END OF THE DREAM It took place on the road which runs from Ajaccio to the _Cap de la Parata_, not far from _Iles Sanguinaires_; not a main-traveled road.
a Caucasian
From this reading The duke lowered his pistol, and through the smoke he saw Breitmann pitch headforemost into the thick white dust.
but in spite of that
From this reading The sun had not yet crossed the mountains, but a crisp gray light lay over land and sea.
