Chapter X · Chapter 10

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

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

(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 One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

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

From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

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From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

plural of “brick” — rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

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From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

make overcast or cloudy

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

in a clumsy manner

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

expressing extreme contempt

From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.

a small house with a single story

From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

(of hair) having curls or waves

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

separate with or as if with an instrument

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

to a great depth psychologically or emotionally

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

in a dim indistinct manner

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

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From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

opinion or judgment

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

well known or easily recognized

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace)

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

possessive form of “fool” — a person who lacks good judgment

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.

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From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.

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

From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

a writer for newspapers and magazines

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

evidencing the possession of inside information

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

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From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

immediately past

From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.

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From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.

in a slow and lazy manner

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

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 The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

plural of “meeting” — a formally arranged gathering

From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.

the force of workers available

From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.

the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge

From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

an open or empty space in or between things

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

United States feminist (1885-1977)

From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.

a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

a word picture of a person's appearance and character

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

the body of people in a learned occupation

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

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From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

inflected form of “shine” — be bright by reflecting or casting light

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

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From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.

a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement

From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.

a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

the act of smoking tobacco or other substances

From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.

someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

an exchange of ideas via conversation

From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.

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

From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.

Having little thickness or extent.

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

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

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

past form of “twine” — spin, wind, or twist together

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The other was a god-like creature, a poet by profession, with long lantern-jaws, grey eyes deeply set, and a mass of curly black hair, from which the face with its pallor and its distinction, shone dimly out like the portrait of a Cinquecento.

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

belonging to which person

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Two men sat smoking and talking with Paul Lathrop in the hook-littered sitting-room of his cottage.

inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.

covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak

From this reading Lathrop, in a kind of dressing-gown, as clumsily cut as the form it wrapped, his reddish hair and large head catching the firelight, had the look of one lazily at bay, as wrapped in a cloud of smoke, he twined from one speaker to the other.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "So you were at another of these meetings last night?" said Blaydes, with a mouth half smiling, half contemptuous.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading One was a young journalist, Roger Blaydes, whose thin, close-shaven face wore the knowing fool's look of one to whom the world's his oyster, and all the bricks for opening it familiar.