Chapter XV · Chapter 15

from one side of something to the other

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

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From this reading Ah, my unlived days!

(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 All of us from all the countries who died so soon, we grow lonely on the other side.

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

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

plural of “beggar” — a pauper who lives by begging

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

plural of “coffin” — box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

plural of “country” — a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading All of us from all the countries who died so soon, we grow lonely on the other side.

a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading Ah, my unlived days!

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading I died so soon.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

opinion or judgment

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

having dropped by the force of gravity

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

enclose in or as if in a frame

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading All of us from all the countries who died so soon, we grow lonely on the other side.

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

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

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

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

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

lacking companions or companionship

From this reading All of us from all the countries who died so soon, we grow lonely on the other side.

the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Ah, my unlived days!

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading All of us from all the countries who died so soon, we grow lonely on the other side.

plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading All of us from all the countries who died so soon, we grow lonely on the other side.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

plural of “piece” — a separate part of a whole

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

a treeless grassy plain

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading All of us from all the countries who died so soon, we grow lonely on the other side.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

with low volume

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

in the near future

From this reading I died so soon.

having a supporting base

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

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

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

depleted of strength or energy

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

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

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

plural of “trench” — a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

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

From this reading Ah, my unlived days!

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading All of us from all the countries who died so soon, we grow lonely on the other side.

loud cries made while weeping

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

close enough to be walked to

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

someone engaged in or experienced in warfare

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

plural of “warrior” — someone engaged in or experienced in warfare

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

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

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

made of or covered with wax

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading All of us from all the countries who died so soon, we grow lonely on the other side.

which person or people

From this reading All of us from all the countries who died so soon, we grow lonely on the other side.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Do you want to see the war dead, the young ones ripped to pieces in the trenches standing like tired beggars at your back door, dead hands and dead eyes and wailing softly: "I was so young.

a young person (especially a young man or boy)

From this reading DEAD WARRIOR Do you want to see the dead warriors come back, the fallen army come back, crawling out of its million coffins and walking back across the sea and across the prairie; the waxen face of youth come out of its million graves and its uniform hanging from its limp frame?