used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading "I sat down on a bank of grass," Marlow went on.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He shouted warningly to her from below where he happened to be passing.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading He shouted warningly to her from below where he happened to be passing.
brinknounUS /brɪŋk/
a region marking a boundary
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
From this reading She was really in considerable danger.
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading She was really in considerable danger.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "I sat down on a bank of grass," Marlow went on.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
excavatedverbUS /ˈekskəveɪtɪd/
past form of “excavate” — recover through digging
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
firsnounUS /fɜːrz/
plural of “fir” — nonresinous wood of a fir tree
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading "I sat down on a bank of grass," Marlow went on.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading He shouted warningly to her from below where he happened to be passing.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He shouted warningly to her from below where he happened to be passing.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
ten 10s
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I sat down on a bank of grass," Marlow went on.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was really in considerable danger.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
Marlow
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From this reading "I sat down on a bank of grass," Marlow went on.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading He shouted warningly to her from below where he happened to be passing.
precipicenounUS /ˈpresəpəs/
a very steep cliff
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
quarrynounUS /ˈkwɔːri/
a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading She was really in considerable danger.
retreatednounUS /riˈtriːtəd/
people who have retreated
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading "I sat down on a bank of grass," Marlow went on.
cut with a saw
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
ScotchnounUS /skɑːtʃ/
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was really in considerable danger.
sheeradjectiveUS /ʃɪr/
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading He shouted warningly to her from below where he happened to be passing.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He shouted warningly to her from below where he happened to be passing.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
precisely as stated
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
close enough to be walked to
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
warningly
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From this reading He shouted warningly to her from below where he happened to be passing.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was really in considerable danger.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "I sat down on a bank of grass," Marlow went on.
in or at the place that
From this reading He shouted warningly to her from below where he happened to be passing.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
windingadjectiveUS /ˈwaɪndɪŋ/
marked by repeated turns and bends
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading One day he saw a woman walking about on the edge of a high quarry, which rose a sheer hundred feet, at least, from the road winding up the hill out of which it had been excavated.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading At the sound of his voice she started back and retreated out of his sight amongst some young Scotch firs growing near the very brink of the precipice.
