1603
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From this reading Elizabeth is dead (1603), but not England.
aliveadjectiveUS /əˈlaɪv/
possessing life
From this reading The powers it had grown to under her quickening offices are all alive.
(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 powers it had grown to under her quickening offices are all alive.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The powers it had grown to under her quickening offices are all alive.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Elizabeth is dead (1603), but not England.
CadiznounUS /kəˈdiːz/
an ancient port city in southwestern Spain
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
a period of 100 years
From this reading We take outlook to-day from the threshold of the seventeenth century.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
courteouslyadverb
in a polite manner
From this reading France is courteously friendly.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Elizabeth is dead (1603), but not England.
despoiledadjective
having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
DevonnounUS /ˈdevən/
a county in southwestern England
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
dragonnounUS /ˈdræɡən/
a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading Elizabeth is dead (1603), but not England.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading Elizabeth is dead (1603), but not England.
a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading France is courteously friendly.
characteristic of or befitting a friend
From this reading France is courteously friendly.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We take outlook to-day from the threshold of the seventeenth century.
galleonsnounUS /ˈɡæliənz/
plural of “galleon” — a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
gold-laden
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From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading The powers it had grown to under her quickening offices are all alive.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The powers it had grown to under her quickening offices are all alive.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The powers it had grown to under her quickening offices are all alive.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Elizabeth is dead (1603), but not England.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The powers it had grown to under her quickening offices are all alive.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Elizabeth is dead (1603), but not England.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We take outlook to-day from the threshold of the seventeenth century.
officesnounUS /ˈɔːfəsəz/
plural of “office” — place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading The powers it had grown to under her quickening offices are all alive.
outlooknounUS /ˈaʊtlʊk/
a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
From this reading We take outlook to-day from the threshold of the seventeenth century.
portsnounUS /pɔːrts/
plural of “port” — a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
plural of “power” — possession of controlling influence
From this reading The powers it had grown to under her quickening offices are all alive.
quickeningnounUS /ˈkwɪkənɪŋ/
the process of showing signs of life
From this reading The powers it had grown to under her quickening offices are all alive.
seventeenthadjectiveUS /ˈsevənˈtiːnθ/
coming next after the sixteenth in position
From this reading We take outlook to-day from the threshold of the seventeenth century.
the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
carry out
From this reading We take outlook to-day from the threshold of the seventeenth century.
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We take outlook to-day from the threshold of the seventeenth century.
thresholdnounUS /ˈθreʃoʊld/
the starting point for a new state or experience
From this reading We take outlook to-day from the threshold of the seventeenth century.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The powers it had grown to under her quickening offices are all alive.
to-day
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From this reading We take outlook to-day from the threshold of the seventeenth century.
trailingnounUS /ˈtreɪlɪŋ/
the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind
From this reading The great Spanish dragon has its teeth drawn; Cadiz has been despoiled, and huge galleons, gold-laden, have come trailing into Devon ports.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The powers it had grown to under her quickening offices are all alive.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We take outlook to-day from the threshold of the seventeenth century.
