Chapter VII

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

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

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From this reading Cuthbert and Alfonso (as we named the two soldiers who brought us from Bosanti) had told us we were going to Afion-kara-Hissar.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

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From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

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

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

aroused to impatience or anger

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

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

From this reading Cuthbert and Alfonso (as we named the two soldiers who brought us from Bosanti) had told us we were going to Afion-kara-Hissar.

in a state of sleep

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

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From this reading Cuthbert and Alfonso (as we named the two soldiers who brought us from Bosanti) had told us we were going to Afion-kara-Hissar.

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading Cuthbert and Alfonso (as we named the two soldiers who brought us from Bosanti) had told us we were going to Afion-kara-Hissar.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

a railcar where passengers ride

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

in mental comfort; without stress

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

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From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading Possibly you would cry: "To hell with the Turks!"

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From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Cuthbert and Alfonso (as we named the two soldiers who brought us from Bosanti) had told us we were going to Afion-kara-Hissar.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

the act of departing

From this reading Cuthbert and Alfonso (as we named the two soldiers who brought us from Bosanti) had told us we were going to Afion-kara-Hissar.

plural of “guard” — a person who keeps watch over something or someone

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

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

From this reading Cuthbert and Alfonso (as we named the two soldiers who brought us from Bosanti) had told us we were going to Afion-kara-Hissar.

any place of pain and turmoil

From this reading Possibly you would cry: "To hell with the Turks!"

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

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

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

plural of “interval” — a definite length of time marked off by two instants

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

the act of departing

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

used to form the superlative

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

water soaked soil; soft wet earth

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Cuthbert and Alfonso (as we named the two soldiers who brought us from Bosanti) had told us we were going to Afion-kara-Hissar.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

by chance

From this reading Possibly you would cry: "To hell with the Turks!"

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

past form of “rain” — precipitate as rain

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

a garment worn on the upper half of the body

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

in a vehement outcry

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

plural of “sky” — the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

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

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading So we went to Alukeeshla.

plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army

From this reading Cuthbert and Alfonso (as we named the two soldiers who brought us from Bosanti) had told us we were going to Afion-kara-Hissar.

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

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

refrain from harming

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

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

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

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

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading Cuthbert and Alfonso (as we named the two soldiers who brought us from Bosanti) had told us we were going to Afion-kara-Hissar.

a line or route along which something travels or moves

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

create by training and teaching

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

of or relating to or characteristic of Turkey or its people or language

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

plural of “turk” — a native or inhabitant of Turkey

From this reading Possibly you would cry: "To hell with the Turks!"

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

From this reading Cuthbert and Alfonso (as we named the two soldiers who brought us from Bosanti) had told us we were going to Afion-kara-Hissar.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

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

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

past form of “watch” — look attentively

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Such, at any rate, was H.'s comment, shouted at intervals every few seconds, while we watched the train move Constantinople-ward, leaving us at a small village called Alukeeshla.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading So we went to Alukeeshla.

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

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

during the time that

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

which person or people

From this reading Cuthbert and Alfonso (as we named the two soldiers who brought us from Bosanti) had told us we were going to Afion-kara-Hissar.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Possibly you would cry: "To hell with the Turks!"

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Possibly you would cry: "To hell with the Turks!"

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading CUTHBERT, ALFONSO, AND A MUD VILLAGE If, at midnight, you were comfortably asleep in a railway carriage, and some Turkish guards dragged you out of it and led you along a puddled track to a mud village in the most god-forsaken part of Anatolia, while the skies rained their damnedest on you and your one spare shirt, you might be annoyed.