used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Have I bridged at last the chasm of mortality, and is this my fate in the immortal world?
awakeningnounUS /əˈweɪkənɪŋ/
the act of waking
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
bendingnounUS /ˈbendɪŋ/
movement that causes the formation of a curve
From this reading "What tender face is this that is bending over me?
the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
From this reading What soft bosom is this upon which my head is lying?
BRANDnounUS /brænd/
a name given to a product or service
From this reading BRAND PLUCKED FROM THE BURNING.
the act of breaking something
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
bridgedverbUS /brɪdʒd/
past form of “bridge” — connect or reduce the distance between
From this reading "Have I bridged at last the chasm of mortality, and is this my fate in the immortal world?
brighteningverbUS /ˈbraɪtənɪŋ/
-ing form of “brighten” — make more cheerful through the use of color
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
the act of burning something
From this reading BRAND PLUCKED FROM THE BURNING.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
chasmnounUS /ˈkæzəm/
a deep opening in the earth's surface
From this reading "Have I bridged at last the chasm of mortality, and is this my fate in the immortal world?
CirclesnounUS /ˈsɜːrkəlz/
plural of “circle” — ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
dearly loved
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
deliciousadjectiveUS /dɪˈlɪʃəs/
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
distortedadjectiveUS /dɪˈstɔːrtəd/
so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading "What tender face is this that is bending over me?
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
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intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading BRAND PLUCKED FROM THE BURNING.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading What soft bosom is this upon which my head is lying?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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immortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Have I bridged at last the chasm of mortality, and is this my fate in the immortal world?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "What tender face is this that is bending over me?
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
immediately past
From this reading "Have I bridged at last the chasm of mortality, and is this my fate in the immortal world?
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading What soft bosom is this upon which my head is lying?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
mortalitynounUS /mɔːrˈtæləti/
the quality or state of being mortal
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belonging to the person speaking
From this reading What soft bosom is this upon which my head is lying?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
phantomsnounUS /ˈfæntəmz/
plural of “phantom” — a ghostly appearing figure
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
PLUCKEDadjectiveUS /plʌkt/
of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum
From this reading BRAND PLUCKED FROM THE BURNING.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading What soft bosom is this upon which my head is lying?
moving very fast
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BRAND PLUCKED FROM THE BURNING.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "What tender face is this that is bending over me?
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading What soft bosom is this upon which my head is lying?
vanishingnounUS /ˈvænɪʃɪŋ/
a sudden or mysterious disappearance
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
used to ask for information about something
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used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Circles and circles of brightening light breaking over me; a faint, but delicious sense of comfort; a swift vanishing of the distorted phantoms which have left me here for dead--a kind and dear awakening.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading "Have I bridged at last the chasm of mortality, and is this my fate in the immortal world?
