Chapter XXIII

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

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

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

From this reading This is the building that master and Mr. Bonstone put up on the village square.

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

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

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

From this reading This is the building that master and Mr. Bonstone put up on the village square.

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

From this reading This is the building that master and Mr. Bonstone put up on the village square.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading The country people just pour into it in the evening.

the wife or widow of a czar

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

an artistic form of nonverbal communication

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

an erect penis

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading The country people just pour into it in the evening.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

plural of “game” — a contest with rules to determine a winner

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

acknowledged as a supposition

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

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

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading The country people just pour into it in the evening.

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

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

and nothing more

From this reading The country people just pour into it in the evening.

a room where books are kept

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

an artist of consummate skill

From this reading This is the building that master and Mr. Bonstone put up on the village square.

used to form the superlative

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

in motion

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

a form of address for a man

From this reading This is the building that master and Mr. Bonstone put up on the village square.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading MRS.

a surrounding or nearby region

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading This is the building that master and Mr. Bonstone put up on the village square.

reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

plural of “pillar” — a fundamental principle or practice

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

participate in games or sport

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

an area where many people go for recreation

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

a full supply

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

an excavation that is (usually) filled with water

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

cause to run

From this reading The country people just pour into it in the evening.

pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading This is the building that master and Mr. Bonstone put up on the village square.

a building where people go to eat

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

plural of “say” — the chance to speak

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

an educational institution

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

make square

From this reading This is the building that master and Mr. Bonstone put up on the village square.

the act of swimming

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading This is the building that master and Mr. Bonstone put up on the village square.

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

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

a special situation

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

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

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

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

From this reading This is the building that master and Mr. Bonstone put up on the village square.

plural of “veranda” — a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading This is the building that master and Mr. Bonstone put up on the village square.

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

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

in or at the place that

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

a Caucasian

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

which person or people

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

in the company of; together with

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

From this reading WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL Old Czarina, who came from Russia, says the most wonderful thing to her in this Green Hill district, is the school for children in Neighbourhood Hall.

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

From this reading It is a big white erection with colonial pillars and plenty of verandas, and it has a garden round it, and a playground for little children, and inside is a library, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a pretty parlour where young people can dance and play games, and a big hall where moving pictures are given.