Chapter II · Chapter 2

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

From this reading It was a sultry summer night of the year five hundred and twenty-six, A.D.

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From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

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

From this reading It was a sultry summer night of the year five hundred and twenty-six, A.D.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland

From this reading "Dietericus de Berne, de quo cantant rustici usque hodie."

showing who or what does the action

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

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From this reading "Dietericus de Berne, de quo cantant rustici usque hodie."

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

plural of “cloud” — any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

having an (artificial) crown on a tooth

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

From this reading It was a sultry summer night of the year five hundred and twenty-six, A.D.

absence of light or illumination

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading "Dietericus de Berne, de quo cantant rustici usque hodie."

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From this reading "Dietericus de Berne, de quo cantant rustici usque hodie."

the property created by the space between two objects or points

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

separated in space or coming from or going to a distance

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading It was a sultry summer night of the year five hundred and twenty-six, A.D.

gleam or glow intermittently

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

a state of partial or total darkness

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

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From this reading "Dietericus de Berne, de quo cantant rustici usque hodie."

ten 10s

From this reading It was a sultry summer night of the year five hundred and twenty-six, A.D.

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From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

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

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

plural of “interval” — a definite length of time marked off by two instants

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was a sultry summer night of the year five hundred and twenty-six, A.D.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

provided with artificial light

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

changed from a solid to a liquid state

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

(Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading It was a sultry summer night of the year five hundred and twenty-six, A.D.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading It was a sultry summer night of the year five hundred and twenty-six, A.D.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

on one occasion

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

and nothing more

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

above and across; more than

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

plural of “pine” — a coniferous tree

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

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From this reading "Dietericus de Berne, de quo cantant rustici usque hodie."

an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

a battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

move upward

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

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From this reading "Dietericus de Berne, de quo cantant rustici usque hodie."

plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

marked by absence of sound

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

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

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

sexually exciting or gratifying

From this reading It was a sultry summer night of the year five hundred and twenty-six, A.D.

the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading It was a sultry summer night of the year five hundred and twenty-six, A.D.

the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

possessing sweep

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

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

From this reading It was a sultry summer night of the year five hundred and twenty-six, A.D.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

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From this reading THEODORIC.

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 Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

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

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

being six more than twenty

From this reading It was a sultry summer night of the year five hundred and twenty-six, A.D.

not capable of being distinguished or differentiated

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

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

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

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From this reading "Dietericus de Berne, de quo cantant rustici usque hodie."

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

From this reading It was a sultry summer night of the year five hundred and twenty-six, A.D.

United States actress and singer (1896-1977)

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

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

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

belonging to which person

From this reading Thick clouds lay low over the dark surface of the Adrea, whose shores and waters were melted together in undistinguishable gloom; only now and then a flash of distant lightning lit up the silent city of Ravenna.

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading At unequal intervals the wind swept through the ilexes and pines on the range of hills which rise at some distance to the west of the town, and which were once crowned by a temple of Neptune.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading It was a sultry summer night of the year five hundred and twenty-six, A.D.