Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

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

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

higher than, or over, something

From this reading To the north-east, above dark wooded foot-hills, the flushed whiteness of snow-summits cut delicately into the solid blue of the sky.

giving or marked by complete attention to

From this reading Stretched upon the sun-faded, once scarlet cushions of the window-seat, Damaris absorbed her fill of light, and warmth, and colour.

personal knowledge or information about someone or something

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

in the middle of; surrounded by

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

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

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

dearly loved

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

From this reading To the north-east, above dark wooded foot-hills, the flushed whiteness of snow-summits cut delicately into the solid blue of the sky.

past form of “climb” — go upward with gradual or continuous progress

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

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From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

having or capable of producing colors

From this reading Stretched upon the sun-faded, once scarlet cushions of the window-seat, Damaris absorbed her fill of light, and warmth, and colour.

past form of “command” — be in command of

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading Heathlands and pine groves covered the intervening headlands and steep valleys, save where meadows marked the course of some descending stream.

overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form

From this reading Heathlands and pine groves covered the intervening headlands and steep valleys, save where meadows marked the course of some descending stream.

plural of “cushion” — a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses

From this reading Stretched upon the sun-faded, once scarlet cushions of the window-seat, Damaris absorbed her fill of light, and warmth, and colour.

separate with or as if with an instrument

From this reading To the north-east, above dark wooded foot-hills, the flushed whiteness of snow-summits cut delicately into the solid blue of the sky.

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From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

absence of light or illumination

From this reading To the north-east, above dark wooded foot-hills, the flushed whiteness of snow-summits cut delicately into the solid blue of the sky.

in a delicate manner

From this reading To the north-east, above dark wooded foot-hills, the flushed whiteness of snow-summits cut delicately into the solid blue of the sky.

coming down or downward

From this reading Heathlands and pine groves covered the intervening headlands and steep valleys, save where meadows marked the course of some descending stream.

the property created by the space between two objects or points

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

make full, also in a metaphorical sense

From this reading Stretched upon the sun-faded, once scarlet cushions of the window-seat, Damaris absorbed her fill of light, and warmth, and colour.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

having the pinkish flush of health

From this reading To the north-east, above dark wooded foot-hills, the flushed whiteness of snow-summits cut delicately into the solid blue of the sky.

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From this reading To the north-east, above dark wooded foot-hills, the flushed whiteness of snow-summits cut delicately into the solid blue of the sky.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

plural of “garden” — a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

United States general who served as military director of the atomic bomb project (1896-1970)

From this reading Heathlands and pine groves covered the intervening headlands and steep valleys, save where meadows marked the course of some descending stream.

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From this reading Heathlands and pine groves covered the intervening headlands and steep valleys, save where meadows marked the course of some descending stream.

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From this reading Heathlands and pine groves covered the intervening headlands and steep valleys, save where meadows marked the course of some descending stream.

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

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

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From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

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

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

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From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

the early stage of growth or development

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

occurring or falling between events or points in time

From this reading Heathlands and pine groves covered the intervening headlands and steep valleys, save where meadows marked the course of some descending stream.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading To the north-east, above dark wooded foot-hills, the flushed whiteness of snow-summits cut delicately into the solid blue of the sky.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading Stretched upon the sun-faded, once scarlet cushions of the window-seat, Damaris absorbed her fill of light, and warmth, and colour.

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

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

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 TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

strongly marked; easily noticeable

From this reading Heathlands and pine groves covered the intervening headlands and steep valleys, save where meadows marked the course of some descending stream.

plural of “meadow” — a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

From this reading Heathlands and pine groves covered the intervening headlands and steep valleys, save where meadows marked the course of some descending stream.

an area that is approximately central within some larger region

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

to, toward, or in the northeast

From this reading To the north-east, above dark wooded foot-hills, the flushed whiteness of snow-summits cut delicately into the solid blue of the sky.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

on one occasion

From this reading Stretched upon the sun-faded, once scarlet cushions of the window-seat, Damaris absorbed her fill of light, and warmth, and colour.

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From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

the visual percept of a region

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

a coniferous tree

From this reading Heathlands and pine groves covered the intervening headlands and steep valleys, save where meadows marked the course of some descending stream.

a purple color or pigment

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

restored to a new condition

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

abounding in rocks or stones

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

except for; apart from

From this reading Heathlands and pine groves covered the intervening headlands and steep valleys, save where meadows marked the course of some descending stream.

a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge

From this reading Stretched upon the sun-faded, once scarlet cushions of the window-seat, Damaris absorbed her fill of light, and warmth, and colour.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

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From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

From this reading To the north-east, above dark wooded foot-hills, the flushed whiteness of snow-summits cut delicately into the solid blue of the sky.

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From this reading To the north-east, above dark wooded foot-hills, the flushed whiteness of snow-summits cut delicately into the solid blue of the sky.

characterized by good substantial quality

From this reading To the north-east, above dark wooded foot-hills, the flushed whiteness of snow-summits cut delicately into the solid blue of the sky.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Heathlands and pine groves covered the intervening headlands and steep valleys, save where meadows marked the course of some descending stream.

having a sharp inclination

From this reading Heathlands and pine groves covered the intervening headlands and steep valleys, save where meadows marked the course of some descending stream.

a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

From this reading Heathlands and pine groves covered the intervening headlands and steep valleys, save where meadows marked the course of some descending stream.

(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching

From this reading Stretched upon the sun-faded, once scarlet cushions of the window-seat, Damaris absorbed her fill of light, and warmth, and colour.

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From this reading Stretched upon the sun-faded, once scarlet cushions of the window-seat, Damaris absorbed her fill of light, and warmth, and colour.

disclosing unintentionally something concealed

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

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

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

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From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

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

From this reading To the north-east, above dark wooded foot-hills, the flushed whiteness of snow-summits cut delicately into the solid blue of the sky.

plural of “town” — an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

directed up

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

plural of “valley” — a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

From this reading Heathlands and pine groves covered the intervening headlands and steep valleys, save where meadows marked the course of some descending stream.

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

the sensation caused by heat energy

From this reading Stretched upon the sun-faded, once scarlet cushions of the window-seat, Damaris absorbed her fill of light, and warmth, and colour.

in or at the place that

From this reading Heathlands and pine groves covered the intervening headlands and steep valleys, save where meadows marked the course of some descending stream.

the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

From this reading To the north-east, above dark wooded foot-hills, the flushed whiteness of snow-summits cut delicately into the solid blue of the sky.

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From this reading Stretched upon the sun-faded, once scarlet cushions of the window-seat, Damaris absorbed her fill of light, and warmth, and colour.

(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

in the company of; together with

From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.

covered with growing trees and bushes etc

From this reading To the north-east, above dark wooded foot-hills, the flushed whiteness of snow-summits cut delicately into the solid blue of the sky.

plural of “yard” — a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

From this reading Here and there, in the middle distance, little towns, pale-walled and glistering, climbed upward amid gardens and olive yards from the rocky shore.

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From this reading TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY The windows of the sitting-room--upon the first floor of the long, three-storied, yellow-painted hotel--commanded a vast and glittering panorama of indented coast-line and purple sea.