Chapter II

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

how long something has existed

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

the two together, not just one

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But so it was.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

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From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

surround with a cloister, as of a garden

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

a religious residence especially for nuns

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

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From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

in a manner differing from the usual or expected

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

plural of “curve” — the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

conceived of or imagined or hoped for

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

a wide scope

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

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From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

plural of “founder” — inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

plural of “hedge” — a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

made greater in size or amount or degree

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

plural of “lawn” — a field of cultivated and mowed grass

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

the quality of being current or of the present

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

clean or organized

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

not any; not one

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

and nothing more

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

outlying areas (as of a city or town)

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

plural of “pasture” — a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

the state prevailing during the absence of war

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

a coniferous tree

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

capable of happening or existing

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

plural of “residence” — any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

comparative of “rich” — possessing material wealth

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

concerned with religion or religious purposes

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

situated in a particular spot or position

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading But so it was.

process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

plural of “stretch” — a large and unbroken expanse or distance

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

inflected form of “testify” — give testimony in a court of law

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

plural of “turret” — a small tower extending above a building

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

not anticipated

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

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 As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

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 As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The Convent of the Sacred Heart was a curiously cloistral structure, situated in a manner quite unanticipated by its founders, in the spreading outskirts of the city itself.

inefficient in use of time and effort and materials

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

at the time that

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

in the company of; together with

From this reading As the red brick of the convent walls grew tawny brown with age, the city crept up around them and only the great expanse of its own grounds and that five-foot wall remained to keep the peace of the cloister.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

covered with growing trees and bushes etc

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading But the wall was high and the pine trees within it thickly green in both winter and summer, and the convent, growing richer every year as its property increased in value, gave as little recognition as possible to the modernity outside its gates.

a late time of life

From this reading It was old as age went in Carrington--its wooden turrets and wasteful curves testified to that--and it had been built at a time when no one dreamed that the fields and pastures and wooded stretches which lay around the convent’s site would be filled within thirty years by prosperous looking residences, sleek lawns and neat hedges.