used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
(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 All was silent in the canyon.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His head pained severely, and as he passed his hand through his hair his fingers encountered something warm and sticky.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His head pained severely, and as he passed his hand through his hair his fingers encountered something warm and sticky.
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
exhale hard
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
canyonnounUS /ˈkænjən/
a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
From this reading All was silent in the canyon.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading Dick Kent regained consciousness slowly.
someone who is a detective
From this reading Dick Kent regained consciousness slowly.
encounteredverbUS /ɪnˈkaʊntərd/
past form of “encounter” — come together
From this reading His head pained severely, and as he passed his hand through his hair his fingers encountered something warm and sticky.
felledverbUS /feld/
past form of “fell” — cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading His head pained severely, and as he passed his hand through his hair his fingers encountered something warm and sticky.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
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 His head pained severely, and as he passed his hand through his hair his fingers encountered something warm and sticky.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading His head pained severely, and as he passed his hand through his hair his fingers encountered something warm and sticky.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His head pained severely, and as he passed his hand through his hair his fingers encountered something warm and sticky.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading His head pained severely, and as he passed his hand through his hair his fingers encountered something warm and sticky.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His head pained severely, and as he passed his hand through his hair his fingers encountered something warm and sticky.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All was silent in the canyon.
KentnounUS /kent/
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading Dick Kent regained consciousness slowly.
of an obscure nature
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
painedadjectiveUS /peɪnd/
emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed
From this reading His head pained severely, and as he passed his hand through his hair his fingers encountered something warm and sticky.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading His head pained severely, and as he passed his hand through his hair his fingers encountered something warm and sticky.
regainedverbUS /riˈɡeɪnd/
past form of “regain” — get or find back; recover the use of
From this reading Dick Kent regained consciousness slowly.
SandyadjectiveUS /ˈsændi/
of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
From this reading “Sandy!
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
severelyadverbUS /səˈvɪrli/
to a severe or serious degree
From this reading His head pained severely, and as he passed his hand through his hair his fingers encountered something warm and sticky.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading All was silent in the canyon.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Dick Kent regained consciousness slowly.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading His head pained severely, and as he passed his hand through his hair his fingers encountered something warm and sticky.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
stickyadjectiveUS /ˈstɪki/
having the sticky properties of an adhesive
From this reading His head pained severely, and as he passed his hand through his hair his fingers encountered something warm and sticky.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All was silent in the canyon.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading His head pained severely, and as he passed his hand through his hair his fingers encountered something warm and sticky.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading His head pained severely, and as he passed his hand through his hair his fingers encountered something warm and sticky.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All was silent in the canyon.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He sat up with a start, all coming back to him—the mysterious voice from the canyon wall, the surprise attack, the blow that had felled him.
