Chapter I

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

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(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 "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

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

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

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading The mountaineers around him recognized it, but they attributed it to the fact of his being a foreigner.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At first no one knew just how to take him, even to the calling of his name.

past form of “attribute” — attribute or credit to

From this reading The mountaineers around him recognized it, but they attributed it to the fact of his being a foreigner.

aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

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in or to or toward a former location

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

people who are frustrated and perplexed

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading The mountaineers around him recognized it, but they attributed it to the fact of his being a foreigner.

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

the time when something begins (especially life)

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

cause to be bored

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

terminate

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

showing who or what does the action

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the particular occupation for which you are trained

From this reading At first no one knew just how to take him, even to the calling of his name.

the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

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

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

an institution created to conduct business

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(of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

past form of “doubt” — consider unlikely or have doubts about

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

conceived of or imagined or hoped for

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

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divisible by two

From this reading At first no one knew just how to take him, even to the calling of his name.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature

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a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading The mountaineers around him recognized it, but they attributed it to the fact of his being a foreigner.

descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

a person who operates a farm

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading At first no one knew just how to take him, even to the calling of his name.

people in general (often used in the plural)

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

From this reading The mountaineers around him recognized it, but they attributed it to the fact of his being a foreigner.

at or to or toward the front

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

exerting control or influence

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The mountaineers around him recognized it, but they attributed it to the fact of his being a foreigner.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

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From this reading At first no one knew just how to take him, even to the calling of his name.

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

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

in truth (often tends to intensify)

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The mountaineers around him recognized it, but they attributed it to the fact of his being a foreigner.

a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

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(used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

and nothing more

From this reading At first no one knew just how to take him, even to the calling of his name.

inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading At first no one knew just how to take him, even to the calling of his name.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

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the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

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an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

past form of “march” — march in a procession

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

attach a tag or label to

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

plural of “mountaineer” — someone who climbs mountains

From this reading The mountaineers around him recognized it, but they attributed it to the fact of his being a foreigner.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading At first no one knew just how to take him, even to the calling of his name.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

not any; not one

From this reading At first no one knew just how to take him, even to the calling of his name.

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

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obtain a patent for

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania

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a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

past form of “print” — put into print

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successfully completed or brought to an end

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

generally approved or compelling recognition

From this reading The mountaineers around him recognized it, but they attributed it to the fact of his being a foreigner.

precisely, exactly

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

move upward

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

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cut with a saw

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

carry out

From this reading At first no one knew just how to take him, even to the calling of his name.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

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

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

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

From this reading The mountaineers around him recognized it, but they attributed it to the fact of his being a foreigner.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

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

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

a successful ending of a struggle or contest

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

moved around an axis or center

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

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be awake, be alert, be there

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

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

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

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

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

which person or people

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading The more cultivated folk realized that a man of the world who bore every mark of good birth and breeding was indeed out of place in the gray jeans of the North Carolina farmer, guiding the plough with his own hand.

a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns "he wore a worsted suit"

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

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

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.

not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth

From this reading "_One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake._" The incongruity of his manner of life was patent to all who saw.