used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
achievementnounUS /əˈtʃiːvmənt/
the action of accomplishing something
From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
acquiredadjectiveUS /əˈkwaɪərd/
gotten through environmental forces
From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
(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 We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
arrangeverbUS /ərˈeɪndʒ/
put into a proper or systematic order
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
completely unclothed
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
Bassim
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From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
bootynounUS /ˈbuːti/
goods or money obtained illegally
From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
brushwoodnoun
the wood from bushes or small branches
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
bullocksnounUS /ˈbʊləks/
plural of “bullock” — young bull
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
cartnounUS /kɑːrt/
a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
collectedadjectiveUS /kəˈlektəd/
brought together in one place
From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
divisionnounUS /dɪˈvɪʒən/
an army unit large enough to sustain combat
From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
emergingadjectiveUS /ɪˈmɜːrdʒɪŋ/
coming to maturity
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
father'snounUS /ˈfɑːðərz/
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
plural of “fire” — the event of something burning (often destructive)
From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
set up or found
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
yet to be or coming
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
gloried
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From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
hooka
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From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
junglenounUS /ˈdʒʌŋɡəl/
a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
ladenadjectiveUS /ˈleɪdən/
filled with a great quantity
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
lightingnounUS /ˈlaɪtɪŋ/
having abundant light or illumination
From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
absolutely essential
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
not any; not one
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
the act of making and recording a measurement
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
overtookverbUS /ˌoʊvərˈtʊk/
inflected form of “overtake” — catch up with and possibly overtake
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
capable of happening or existing
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
by chance
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
past form of “proceed” — continue talking
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
proceedingsnounUS /proʊˈsiːdɪŋz/
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
the possibility of future success
From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
pushverbUS /pʊʃ/
move with force
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
generally approved or compelling recognition
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
Sahoukar
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From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
speedyadjectiveUS /ˈspiːdiː/
characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed
From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
stragglingadjective
spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
studdedadjectiveUS /ˈstʌdɪd/
dotted or adorned with or as with studs or nailheads; usually used in combination
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
in or at that place or location
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
up to a particular time
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading We all collected together, and, lighting fires, the hooka passed round, and each one related his achievement, and gloried in the prospect of a speedy division of the booty we had acquired.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
in or at the place that
From this reading To arrange our future proceedings was by no means an easy matter, as it was necessary to get past Bassim, where the Sahoukar had friends; and his cart and bullocks might possibly be recognized in the town.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with straggling brushwood.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them.
withdrawverbUS /wɪðˈdrɔː/
pull back or move away or backward
From this reading My father's advice was to travel till daylight, and then to withdraw to one side of the road, as far from observation as possible; to remain there as long as we could, and then to push on beyond Bassim.
