used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The moonlight, streaming through a crack in the chinked wall, fell on his white face.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Then memory awakened, and he stared about at the cabin walls, trying to determine where he was, and just what had befallen him.
acheverbUS /eɪk/
feel physical pain
From this reading His head was racked with splitting pains, and a dull ache made itself unpleasantly felt in his shoulder.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His head was racked with splitting pains, and a dull ache made itself unpleasantly felt in his shoulder.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
awakenedadjectiveUS /əˈweɪkənd/
aroused or activated
From this reading Then memory awakened, and he stared about at the cabin walls, trying to determine where he was, and just what had befallen him.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
befallenverbUS /bəˈfɑːlən/
inflected form of “befall” — become of; happen to
From this reading Then memory awakened, and he stared about at the cabin walls, trying to determine where he was, and just what had befallen him.
BrucenounUS /bruːs/
Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading Then memory awakened, and he stared about at the cabin walls, trying to determine where he was, and just what had befallen him.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
chinkedadjective
having narrow opening filled
From this reading The moonlight, streaming through a crack in the chinked wall, fell on his white face.
crackverbUS /kræk/
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading The moonlight, streaming through a crack in the chinked wall, fell on his white face.
determineverbUS /dəˈtɜːrmən/
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
From this reading Then memory awakened, and he stared about at the cabin walls, trying to determine where he was, and just what had befallen him.
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading His head was racked with splitting pains, and a dull ache made itself unpleasantly felt in his shoulder.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The moonlight, streaming through a crack in the chinked wall, fell on his white face.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading When he sought to move his hands and feet, he found that they were tied.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading The moonlight, streaming through a crack in the chinked wall, fell on his white face.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading His head was racked with splitting pains, and a dull ache made itself unpleasantly felt in his shoulder.
set up or found
From this reading When he sought to move his hands and feet, he found that they were tied.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading When he sought to move his hands and feet, he found that they were tied.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he sought to move his hands and feet, he found that they were tied.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading His head was racked with splitting pains, and a dull ache made itself unpleasantly felt in his shoulder.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The moonlight, streaming through a crack in the chinked wall, fell on his white face.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading His head was racked with splitting pains, and a dull ache made itself unpleasantly felt in his shoulder.
and nothing more
From this reading Then memory awakened, and he stared about at the cabin walls, trying to determine where he was, and just what had befallen him.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
immediately past
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading His head was racked with splitting pains, and a dull ache made itself unpleasantly felt in his shoulder.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Then memory awakened, and he stared about at the cabin walls, trying to determine where he was, and just what had befallen him.
the light of the Moon
From this reading The moonlight, streaming through a crack in the chinked wall, fell on his white face.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading When he sought to move his hands and feet, he found that they were tied.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The moonlight, streaming through a crack in the chinked wall, fell on his white face.
painsnounUS /peɪnz/
an effortful attempt to attain a goal
From this reading His head was racked with splitting pains, and a dull ache made itself unpleasantly felt in his shoulder.
rackedverbUS /rækt/
past form of “rack” — go at a rack
From this reading His head was racked with splitting pains, and a dull ache made itself unpleasantly felt in his shoulder.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
sentientadjective
endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading His head was racked with splitting pains, and a dull ache made itself unpleasantly felt in his shoulder.
that is looked for
From this reading When he sought to move his hands and feet, he found that they were tied.
splittingadjectiveUS /ˈsplɪtɪŋ/
resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
From this reading His head was racked with splitting pains, and a dull ache made itself unpleasantly felt in his shoulder.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Then memory awakened, and he stared about at the cabin walls, trying to determine where he was, and just what had befallen him.
streamingadjectiveUS /ˈstriːmɪŋ/
exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
From this reading The moonlight, streaming through a crack in the chinked wall, fell on his white face.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When he sought to move his hands and feet, he found that they were tied.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then memory awakened, and he stared about at the cabin walls, trying to determine where he was, and just what had befallen him.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he sought to move his hands and feet, he found that they were tied.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The moonlight, streaming through a crack in the chinked wall, fell on his white face.
bound or secured closely
From this reading When he sought to move his hands and feet, he found that they were tied.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
hard to endure
From this reading Then memory awakened, and he stared about at the cabin walls, trying to determine where he was, and just what had befallen him.
TurnernounUS /ˈtɜːrnər/
United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
unpleasantlyadverbUS /ənˈplezəntli/
in an unpleasant manner
From this reading His head was racked with splitting pains, and a dull ache made itself unpleasantly felt in his shoulder.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading The moonlight, streaming through a crack in the chinked wall, fell on his white face.
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Then memory awakened, and he stared about at the cabin walls, trying to determine where he was, and just what had befallen him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His head was racked with splitting pains, and a dull ache made itself unpleasantly felt in his shoulder.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading When he sought to move his hands and feet, he found that they were tied.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Then memory awakened, and he stared about at the cabin walls, trying to determine where he was, and just what had befallen him.
at the time that
From this reading When he sought to move his hands and feet, he found that they were tied.
in or at the place that
From this reading In the little room where Sam Turner had dragged him, Bruce came back at last to the land of sentient things.
a Caucasian
From this reading The moonlight, streaming through a crack in the chinked wall, fell on his white face.
in the company of; together with
From this reading His head was racked with splitting pains, and a dull ache made itself unpleasantly felt in his shoulder.
