used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading He would go where the air was pure, and all life was not tainted.
(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 He would go where the air was pure, and all life was not tainted.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading He would go out into the country, home.
recognizable; marked
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
dispatchverbUS /dɪˈspætʃ/
send away towards a designated goal
From this reading He walked to a telegraph office and sent a dispatch to his mother, telling of his coming.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
at any time
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading He would go out into the country, home.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading He would go out into the country, home.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then he went for a walk in the park.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He would go out into the country, home.
LancasternounUS /ˈlænkæstər/
a city in northwestern England
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading He would go where the air was pure, and all life was not tainted.
metropolitanadjectiveUS /ˌmetrəˈpɑːlətən/
relating to or characteristic of a metropolis
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading He walked to a telegraph office and sent a dispatch to his mother, telling of his coming.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He would go where the air was pure, and all life was not tainted.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading He walked to a telegraph office and sent a dispatch to his mother, telling of his coming.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
causing physical or psychological pain
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading Then he went for a walk in the park.
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading He would go where the air was pure, and all life was not tainted.
rêveries
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From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading He walked to a telegraph office and sent a dispatch to his mother, telling of his coming.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
taintedadjectiveUS /ˈteɪntɪd/
touched by rot or decay
From this reading He would go where the air was pure, and all life was not tainted.
telegraphnounUS /ˈteləɡræf/
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
From this reading He walked to a telegraph office and sent a dispatch to his mother, telling of his coming.
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading He walked to a telegraph office and sent a dispatch to his mother, telling of his coming.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he went for a walk in the park.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He walked to a telegraph office and sent a dispatch to his mother, telling of his coming.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading Then he went for a walk in the park.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading He walked to a telegraph office and sent a dispatch to his mother, telling of his coming.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He would go where the air was pure, and all life was not tainted.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Then he went for a walk in the park.
in or at the place that
From this reading He would go where the air was pure, and all life was not tainted.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the coming of morning, Lancaster shook himself out of his painful rêveries, and decided that he must escape from this metropolitan prison, if for ever so short a time.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would go out into the country, home.
