used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
(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 I could do was lecture them, hand out the tins and gather them up for tests in the next place I stopped.
ALONGprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Faces would be wreathed in smiles.
celeritynounUS /səˈlerəti/
a rate that is rapid
From this reading Sometimes the containers were returned in fifteen minutes--such is the celerity of the savage gut.
containersnounUS /kənˈteɪnərz/
plural of “container” — any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
From this reading Sometimes the containers were returned in fifteen minutes--such is the celerity of the savage gut.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading All I could do was lecture them, hand out the tins and gather them up for tests in the next place I stopped.
determine the number or amount of
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
demanding attention
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
diseasedadjectiveUS /dɪˈziːzd/
caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading All I could do was lecture them, hand out the tins and gather them up for tests in the next place I stopped.
plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Faces would be wreathed in smiles.
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading Sometimes the containers were returned in fifteen minutes--such is the celerity of the savage gut.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
set up or found
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
assemble or get together
From this reading All I could do was lecture them, hand out the tins and gather them up for tests in the next place I stopped.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
guiltnounUS /ɡɪlt/
the state of having committed an offense
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
gutnounUS /ɡʌt/
the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
From this reading Sometimes the containers were returned in fifteen minutes--such is the celerity of the savage gut.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading All I could do was lecture them, hand out the tins and gather them up for tests in the next place I stopped.
healingnounUS /ˈhiːlɪŋ/
the natural process by which the body repairs itself
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All I could do was lecture them, hand out the tins and gather them up for tests in the next place I stopped.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sometimes the containers were returned in fifteen minutes--such is the celerity of the savage gut.
and nothing more
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
lectureverbUS /ˈlektʃər/
deliver a lecture or talk
From this reading All I could do was lecture them, hand out the tins and gather them up for tests in the next place I stopped.
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 I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
most important element
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading Sometimes the containers were returned in fifteen minutes--such is the celerity of the savage gut.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading All I could do was lecture them, hand out the tins and gather them up for tests in the next place I stopped.
not any; not one
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
many times at short intervals
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading All I could do was lecture them, hand out the tins and gather them up for tests in the next place I stopped.
to give an account or representation of in words
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Sometimes the containers were returned in fifteen minutes--such is the celerity of the savage gut.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading Sometimes the containers were returned in fifteen minutes--such is the celerity of the savage gut.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
smilesnounUS /smaɪlz/
plural of “smile” — a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading Faces would be wreathed in smiles.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Sometimes the containers were returned in fifteen minutes--such is the celerity of the savage gut.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading All I could do was lecture them, hand out the tins and gather them up for tests in the next place I stopped.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Sometimes the containers were returned in fifteen minutes--such is the celerity of the savage gut.
testsnounUS /tests/
plural of “test” — trying something to find out about it
From this reading All I could do was lecture them, hand out the tins and gather them up for tests in the next place I stopped.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
tinsnounUS /tɪnz/
plural of “tin” — a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
From this reading All I could do was lecture them, hand out the tins and gather them up for tests in the next place I stopped.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
tripsnounUS /trɪps/
plural of “trip” — a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading All I could do was lecture them, hand out the tins and gather them up for tests in the next place I stopped.
villagesnounUS /ˈvɪlədʒəz/
plural of “village” — a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THEY WALK ALONG DREAMS On those first short trips our main effort was to count and report the diseased.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Sometimes the containers were returned in fifteen minutes--such is the celerity of the savage gut.
at the time that
From this reading I often had a deep sense of personal guilt when I left the villages just as I had found them, crying out for the healing I had no time to give.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Faces would be wreathed in smiles.
wreathed
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Faces would be wreathed in smiles.
