used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading There was always the element of the unexpected.
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading From time to time the landscape, with its fields of fodder corn, was peculiarly American.
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
architecturenounUS /ˈɑːrkətektʃər/
an architectural product or work
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
associationnounUS /əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/
a formal organization of people or groups of people
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
CARCASSONNE
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From this reading CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
châteaunounUS /ʃæˈtoʊ/
A large French country house or castle, often surrounded by expansive estates and private galleries.
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
From this reading From time to time the landscape, with its fields of fodder corn, was peculiarly American.
separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
elementnounUS /ˈeləmənt/
an abstract part of something
From this reading There was always the element of the unexpected.
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading From time to time the landscape, with its fields of fodder corn, was peculiarly American.
foddernounUS /ˈfɑːdər/
soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
From this reading From time to time the landscape, with its fields of fodder corn, was peculiarly American.
a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From time to time the landscape, with its fields of fodder corn, was peculiarly American.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading Our trip never grew monotonous.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
historicaladjectiveUS /hɪˈstɔːrɪkəl/
of or relating to the study of history
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
illusionnounUS /ˌɪˈluːʒən/
an erroneous mental representation
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
infiniteadjectiveUS /ˈɪnfənət/
having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading From time to time the landscape, with its fields of fodder corn, was peculiarly American.
landscapenounUS /ˈlændskeɪp/
an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
From this reading From time to time the landscape, with its fields of fodder corn, was peculiarly American.
lastedverbUS /ˈlæstəd/
past form of “last” — persist for a specified period of time
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
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 CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
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 illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
monotonousadjectiveUS /məˈnɑːtənəs/
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
From this reading Our trip never grew monotonous.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading From time to time the landscape, with its fields of fodder corn, was peculiarly American.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
on one occasion
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
peculiarlyadverbUS /pɪˈkjuːljərli/
uniquely or characteristically
From this reading From time to time the landscape, with its fields of fodder corn, was peculiarly American.
PyreneesnounUS /ˈpɪrəiz/
a chain of mountains between France and Spain
From this reading CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
roadsidenounUS /ˈroʊdsaɪd/
edge of a way or road or path
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
scenerynounUS /ˈsiːnəri/
the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
sixteenth-century
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From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
southwesternadjectiveUS /ˌsaʊˈθwestərn/
situated in or oriented toward the southwest
From this reading CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
at a steady rate or pace
From this reading CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
TARBES
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From this reading CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was always the element of the unexpected.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading From time to time the landscape, with its fields of fodder corn, was peculiarly American.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
ToulousenounUS /tuːˈluːz/
a city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe
From this reading CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading Our trip never grew monotonous.
not expected or anticipated
From this reading There was always the element of the unexpected.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading CARCASSONNE TO TARBES Our ride toward Toulouse led us steadily into southwestern France and nearer the Pyrenees.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading From time to time the landscape, with its fields of fodder corn, was peculiarly American.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The illusion never lasted long; a château appeared on a distant hill, or a sixteenth-century church by the roadside, and we were once more in Europe, with its ancient architecture and historical association, with its infinite change of scenery and life.
in the company of; together with
From this reading From time to time the landscape, with its fields of fodder corn, was peculiarly American.
