used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
anew
From this reading When I opened my eyes again, my head was leaning on Alice's shoulder, and Henry was springling water on my face.
Alice's
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From this reading When I opened my eyes again, my head was leaning on Alice's shoulder, and Henry was springling water on my face.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When I opened my eyes again, my head was leaning on Alice's shoulder, and Henry was springling water on my face.
arrivingverbUS /ərˈaɪvɪŋ/
-ing form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading At first I had no distinct recollection of what had occurred, but gradually the whole of it came back to my mind.
bowelsnounUS /ˈbaʊəlz/
the center of the Earth
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
brinish
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From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading At first I had no distinct recollection of what had occurred, but gradually the whole of it came back to my mind.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading At first I had no distinct recollection of what had occurred, but gradually the whole of it came back to my mind.
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
distinctadjectiveUS /dɪˈstɪŋkt/
(often followed by “from”) not alike; different in nature or quality
From this reading At first I had no distinct recollection of what had occurred, but gradually the whole of it came back to my mind.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
Environed
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From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
at any time
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
-ing form of “expect” — regard something as probable or likely
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
opinion or judgment
From this reading When I opened my eyes again, my head was leaning on Alice's shoulder, and Henry was springling water on my face.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading When I opened my eyes again, my head was leaning on Alice's shoulder, and Henry was springling water on my face.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading At first I had no distinct recollection of what had occurred, but gradually the whole of it came back to my mind.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
in a gradual manner
From this reading At first I had no distinct recollection of what had occurred, but gradually the whole of it came back to my mind.
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At first I had no distinct recollection of what had occurred, but gradually the whole of it came back to my mind.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading When I opened my eyes again, my head was leaning on Alice's shoulder, and Henry was springling water on my face.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading When I opened my eyes again, my head was leaning on Alice's shoulder, and Henry was springling water on my face.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At first I had no distinct recollection of what had occurred, but gradually the whole of it came back to my mind.
and nothing more
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading When I opened my eyes again, my head was leaning on Alice's shoulder, and Henry was springling water on my face.
English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
MiddletonnounUS /ˈmɪdəltən/
English playwright and pamphleteer (1570-1627)
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading At first I had no distinct recollection of what had occurred, but gradually the whole of it came back to my mind.
a form of address for a man
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading When I opened my eyes again, my head was leaning on Alice's shoulder, and Henry was springling water on my face.
not any; not one
From this reading At first I had no distinct recollection of what had occurred, but gradually the whole of it came back to my mind.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
inflected form of “occur” — come to pass
From this reading At first I had no distinct recollection of what had occurred, but gradually the whole of it came back to my mind.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When I opened my eyes again, my head was leaning on Alice's shoulder, and Henry was springling water on my face.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading When I opened my eyes again, my head was leaning on Alice's shoulder, and Henry was springling water on my face.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
recollectionnounUS /ˌrekəˈlekʃən/
the ability to recall past occurrences
From this reading At first I had no distinct recollection of what had occurred, but gradually the whole of it came back to my mind.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
SHAKESPEAREnounUS /ˈʃeɪkspiːr/
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading SHAKESPEARE.
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading When I opened my eyes again, my head was leaning on Alice's shoulder, and Henry was springling water on my face.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
springling
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From this reading When I opened my eyes again, my head was leaning on Alice's shoulder, and Henry was springling water on my face.
be standing; be upright
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
supportedadjectiveUS /səˈpɔːrtɪd/
sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support)
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
surgeverbUS /sɜːrdʒ/
rise and move, as in waves or billows
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
swallowverbUS /ˈswɑːloʊ/
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At first I had no distinct recollection of what had occurred, but gradually the whole of it came back to my mind.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When I opened my eyes again, my head was leaning on Alice's shoulder, and Henry was springling water on my face.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading When I opened my eyes again, my head was leaning on Alice's shoulder, and Henry was springling water on my face.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
waxingnounUS /ˈwæksɪŋ/
the application of wax to a surface
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were just arriving at the inn; and, half supported, half carried by Henry and Mr. Middleton, who met us at the door, I reached my own room.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading At first I had no distinct recollection of what had occurred, but gradually the whole of it came back to my mind.
at the time that
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
which person or people
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading At first I had no distinct recollection of what had occurred, but gradually the whole of it came back to my mind.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
(politics) a state of disfavor
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "For now I stand as one upon a rock, Environed with a wilderness of sea, Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, Expecting ever, when some curious surge Will, in his brinish bowels, swallow him."
