used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading They drifted about Europe for months--sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies of their own land.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading They drifted about Europe for months--sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies of their own land.
decksnounUS /deks/
plural of “deck” — any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
driftedverbUS /ˈdrɪftəd/
past form of “drift” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading They drifted about Europe for months--sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies of their own land.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading I--I suppose we're the two loneliest people on God's earth to-night.”
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading They drifted about Europe for months--sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies of their own land.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They drifted about Europe for months--sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies of their own land.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this.
gipsies
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From this reading They drifted about Europe for months--sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies of their own land.
God'snounUS /ɡɑːdz/
possessive form of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading I--I suppose we're the two loneliest people on God's earth to-night.”
the act of departing
From this reading Said Sophie his wife, and kissed him: “Isn't it something to you that we're going together?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this.
Isn't
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From this reading Said Sophie his wife, and kissed him: “Isn't it something to you that we're going together?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Said Sophie his wife, and kissed him: “Isn't it something to you that we're going together?”
past form of “kiss” — touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
From this reading Said Sophie his wife, and kissed him: “Isn't it something to you that we're going together?”
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading They drifted about Europe for months--sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies of their own land.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
loneliest
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From this reading I--I suppose we're the two loneliest people on God's earth to-night.”
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading They drifted about Europe for months--sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies of their own land.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading They drifted about Europe for months--sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies of their own land.
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I--I suppose we're the two loneliest people on God's earth to-night.”
and nothing more
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading They drifted about Europe for months--sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies of their own land.
palatenounUS /ˈpælət/
the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading I--I suppose we're the two loneliest people on God's earth to-night.”
compacted by ironing
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Said Sophie his wife, and kissed him: “Isn't it something to you that we're going together?”
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading They drifted about Europe for months--sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies of their own land.
Sophie
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From this reading An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this.
sorryadjectiveUS /ˈsɑːri/
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this.
express a supposition
From this reading I--I suppose we're the two loneliest people on God's earth to-night.”
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Said Sophie his wife, and kissed him: “Isn't it something to you that we're going together?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They drifted about Europe for months--sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies of their own land.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They drifted about Europe for months--sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies of their own land.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Said Sophie his wife, and kissed him: “Isn't it something to you that we're going together?”
to-night
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From this reading I--I suppose we're the two loneliest people on God's earth to-night.”
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Said Sophie his wife, and kissed him: “Isn't it something to you that we're going together?”
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading I--I suppose we're the two loneliest people on God's earth to-night.”
we're
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From this reading I--I suppose we're the two loneliest people on God's earth to-night.”
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Said Sophie his wife, and kissed him: “Isn't it something to you that we're going together?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading They drifted about Europe for months--sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies of their own land.
worriedadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːrid/
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this.
