used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
AlcoholnounUS /ˈælkəhɑːl/
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
From this reading "Alcohol, alcohol!" it cried, "give me alcohol!
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading It was almost like a faint singing cry in his head, like a voice of dream, a voice of vision and unreality.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
arrownounUS /ˈæroʊ/
a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Alcohol, alcohol!" it cried, "give me alcohol!
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading It was almost like a faint singing cry in his head, like a voice of dream, a voice of vision and unreality.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
doctor'snounUS /ˈdɑːktərz/
possessive form of “doctor” — a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
Dr
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From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading It was almost like a faint singing cry in his head, like a voice of dream, a voice of vision and unreality.
externaladjectiveUS /ɪkˈstɜːrnəl/
happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading It was almost like a faint singing cry in his head, like a voice of dream, a voice of vision and unreality.
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Alcohol, alcohol!" it cried, "give me alcohol!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading It was almost like a faint singing cry in his head, like a voice of dream, a voice of vision and unreality.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
infiniteadjectiveUS /ˈɪnfənət/
having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
invisibilitynounUS /ˌɪnvɪzəˈbɪləti/
the quality of not being perceivable by the eye
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was almost like a faint singing cry in his head, like a voice of dream, a voice of vision and unreality.
It's
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From this reading It's the quickest way.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
for more time
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
engage in
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Alcohol, alcohol!" it cried, "give me alcohol!
a form of address for a man
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
Mudge
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From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
not any; not one
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
plungeverbUS /plʌndʒ/
thrust or throw into
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
propelledverbUS /prəˈpeld/
inflected form of “propel” — cause to move forward with force
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
quickestadverbUS /ˈkwɪkɪst/
most quickly
From this reading It's the quickest way.
RacinenounUS /rəˈsiːn/
French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699)
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
screamingadjectiveUS /ˈskriːmɪŋ/
so extremely intense as to evoke screams
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
seizeverbUS /siːz/
take hold of; grab
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading It was almost like a faint singing cry in his head, like a voice of dream, a voice of vision and unreality.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
in or at or to some place
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
move hurridly
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dr. Silence made a plunge forward to seize him, but in a flash, before he could cover the space between them, Mr. Racine Mudge, screaming and struggling, seemed to shoot past him into invisibility.
unrealitynounUS /ˌʌnriˈæləti/
the quality possessed by something that is unreal
From this reading It was almost like a faint singing cry in his head, like a voice of dream, a voice of vision and unreality.
a vivid mental image
From this reading It was almost like a faint singing cry in his head, like a voice of dream, a voice of vision and unreality.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was almost like a faint singing cry in his head, like a voice of dream, a voice of vision and unreality.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading He disappeared like an arrow from a bow propelled at infinite speed, and his voice no longer sounded in the external air, but seemed in some curious way to make itself heard somewhere within the depths of the doctor's own being.
