used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
(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 The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It contained two beds, a pine chest of drawers, a strip of faded carpet, and a wash basin.
separated or at a distance in place or position or time
From this reading But there was that on the floor which set this room apart from a thousand rooms of the same kind.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
basinnounUS /ˈbeɪsən/
a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
From this reading It contained two beds, a pine chest of drawers, a strip of faded carpet, and a wash basin.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
bedsnounUS /bedz/
plural of “bed” — a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading It contained two beds, a pine chest of drawers, a strip of faded carpet, and a wash basin.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Until a moment before, he had had the little room all to himself.
boarding-house
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From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there was that on the floor which set this room apart from a thousand rooms of the same kind.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
carpetnounUS /ˈkɑːrpət/
floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
From this reading It contained two beds, a pine chest of drawers, a strip of faded carpet, and a wash basin.
ceilingnounUS /ˈsiːlɪŋ/
the overhead upper surface of a covered space
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
From this reading It contained two beds, a pine chest of drawers, a strip of faded carpet, and a wash basin.
clenchedadjectiveUS /klentʃt/
closed or squeezed together tightly
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
gotten under control
From this reading It contained two beds, a pine chest of drawers, a strip of faded carpet, and a wash basin.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
drawersnounUS /drɔːrz/
underpants worn by men
From this reading It contained two beds, a pine chest of drawers, a strip of faded carpet, and a wash basin.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
fadedadjectiveUS /ˈfeɪdəd/
having lost freshness or brilliance of color
From this reading It contained two beds, a pine chest of drawers, a strip of faded carpet, and a wash basin.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading But there was that on the floor which set this room apart from a thousand rooms of the same kind.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But there was that on the floor which set this room apart from a thousand rooms of the same kind.
provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority)
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
gleamingnounUS /ˈɡliːmɪŋ/
a flash of light (especially reflected light)
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
grinnounUS /ɡrɪn/
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
GunnernounUS /ˈɡʌnər/
a serviceman in the artillery
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Until a moment before, he had had the little room all to himself.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Until a moment before, he had had the little room all to himself.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Until a moment before, he had had the little room all to himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
provoking horror
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
insofaradverbUS /ˈɪnsəfɑːr/
to the degree or extent that
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading But there was that on the floor which set this room apart from a thousand rooms of the same kind.
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Until a moment before, he had had the little room all to himself.
a particular point in time
From this reading Until a moment before, he had had the little room all to himself.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
oddlyadverbUS /ˈɑːdli/
in a manner differing from the usual or expected
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But there was that on the floor which set this room apart from a thousand rooms of the same kind.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
pinenounUS /paɪn/
a coniferous tree
From this reading It contained two beds, a pine chest of drawers, a strip of faded carpet, and a wash basin.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading But there was that on the floor which set this room apart from a thousand rooms of the same kind.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
Identical; not different.
From this reading But there was that on the floor which set this room apart from a thousand rooms of the same kind.
cut with a saw
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading But there was that on the floor which set this room apart from a thousand rooms of the same kind.
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
simplicitynounUS /sɪmˈplɪsəti/
the quality of being simple or uncompounded
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
stripverbUS /strɪp/
take away possessions from someone
From this reading It contained two beds, a pine chest of drawers, a strip of faded carpet, and a wash basin.
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But there was that on the floor which set this room apart from a thousand rooms of the same kind.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
in or at that place or location
From this reading But there was that on the floor which set this room apart from a thousand rooms of the same kind.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But there was that on the floor which set this room apart from a thousand rooms of the same kind.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading But there was that on the floor which set this room apart from a thousand rooms of the same kind.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
tightlyadverbUS /ˈtaɪtli/
in a tight or constricted manner
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
twistedadjectiveUS /ˈtwɪstɪd/
having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading It contained two beds, a pine chest of drawers, a strip of faded carpet, and a wash basin.
typicaladjectiveUS /ˈtɪpəkəl/
exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
UntilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Until a moment before, he had had the little room all to himself.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Flat on his back, with his hands tightly clenched and one leg twisted oddly under him and with his teeth gleaming through his grey beard in a horrible grin, Captain John Gunner stared up at the ceiling with eyes that saw nothing.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
washverbUS /wɑːʃ/
clean with some chemical process
From this reading It contained two beds, a pine chest of drawers, a strip of faded carpet, and a wash basin.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But there was that on the floor which set this room apart from a thousand rooms of the same kind.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.
