used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading To-day, fronting its white quay, a fleet of barges swung idly at anchor.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
anchornounUS /ˈæŋkər/
a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
From this reading To-day, fronting its white quay, a fleet of barges swung idly at anchor.
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
AtonnounUS /əˈtɑːn/
the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten
From this reading From the high poop of one, a large temple-barge by its decoration, Merira, High Priest of Aton, was about to disembark.
bargesnounUS /ˈbɑːrdʒəz/
plural of “barge” — a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
From this reading To-day, fronting its white quay, a fleet of barges swung idly at anchor.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Sixteen stalwart lay-brothers stood expectantly beside the dignitary’s hooded-chair.
the two together, not just one
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading From the high poop of one, a large temple-barge by its decoration, Merira, High Priest of Aton, was about to disembark.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
decorationnounUS /ˌdekərˈeɪʃən/
something used to beautify
From this reading From the high poop of one, a large temple-barge by its decoration, Merira, High Priest of Aton, was about to disembark.
dignitary's
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From this reading Sixteen stalwart lay-brothers stood expectantly beside the dignitary’s hooded-chair.
disembarkverbUS /dɪsemˈbɑːrk/
go ashore
From this reading From the high poop of one, a large temple-barge by its decoration, Merira, High Priest of Aton, was about to disembark.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
expectantlyadverb
in an expectant manner
From this reading Sixteen stalwart lay-brothers stood expectantly beside the dignitary’s hooded-chair.
fawningadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːnɪŋ/
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
From this reading To-day, fronting its white quay, a fleet of barges swung idly at anchor.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the high poop of one, a large temple-barge by its decoration, Merira, High Priest of Aton, was about to disembark.
frontingverbUS /ˈfrʌntɪŋ/
-ing form of “front” — be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
From this reading To-day, fronting its white quay, a fleet of barges swung idly at anchor.
gangplanknounUS /ˈɡæŋplæŋk/
a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
hierophant
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From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading From the high poop of one, a large temple-barge by its decoration, Merira, High Priest of Aton, was about to disembark.
HITTITES
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From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
hooded-chair
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From this reading Sixteen stalwart lay-brothers stood expectantly beside the dignitary’s hooded-chair.
idlyadverbUS /ˈaɪdli/
in an idle manner
From this reading To-day, fronting its white quay, a fleet of barges swung idly at anchor.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading To-day, fronting its white quay, a fleet of barges swung idly at anchor.
knotnounUS /nɑːt/
a tight cluster of people or things
From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
landwardadverbUS /ˈlændwərd/
toward land
From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
largeadjectiveUS /lɑːrdʒ/
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading From the high poop of one, a large temple-barge by its decoration, Merira, High Priest of Aton, was about to disembark.
lay-brothers
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From this reading Sixteen stalwart lay-brothers stood expectantly beside the dignitary’s hooded-chair.
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
limestonenounUS /ˈlaɪmstoʊn/
a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals
From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
Merira
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From this reading From the high poop of one, a large temple-barge by its decoration, Merira, High Priest of Aton, was about to disembark.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
NilenounUS /naɪl/
the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading From the high poop of one, a large temple-barge by its decoration, Merira, High Priest of Aton, was about to disembark.
Pharaoh's
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From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
poopnounUS /puːp/
obscene terms for feces
From this reading From the high poop of one, a large temple-barge by its decoration, Merira, High Priest of Aton, was about to disembark.
portlyadjectiveUS /ˈpɔːrtli/
euphemisms for “fat”
From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
From this reading From the high poop of one, a large temple-barge by its decoration, Merira, High Priest of Aton, was about to disembark.
priestsnounUS /priːsts/
plural of “priest” — a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
quaynounUS /kiː/
wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
From this reading To-day, fronting its white quay, a fleet of barges swung idly at anchor.
recentlyadverbUS /ˈriːsəntli/
in the recent past
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
concerned with religion or religious purposes
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
Siut
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From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
SixteenadjectiveUS /sɪkˈstiːn/
being one more than fifteen
From this reading Sixteen stalwart lay-brothers stood expectantly beside the dignitary’s hooded-chair.
sixtyadjectiveUS /ˈsɪksti/
being ten more than fifty
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
stalwartadjectiveUS /ˈstɔːlwərt/
having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
From this reading Sixteen stalwart lay-brothers stood expectantly beside the dignitary’s hooded-chair.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Sixteen stalwart lay-brothers stood expectantly beside the dignitary’s hooded-chair.
(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
inflected form of “swing” — move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
From this reading To-day, fronting its white quay, a fleet of barges swung idly at anchor.
temple-barge
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From this reading From the high poop of one, a large temple-barge by its decoration, Merira, High Priest of Aton, was about to disembark.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
To-day
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From this reading To-day, fronting its white quay, a fleet of barges swung idly at anchor.
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 At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading From the high poop of one, a large temple-barge by its decoration, Merira, High Priest of Aton, was about to disembark.
accept gladly
From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
well-built
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From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
a Caucasian
From this reading To-day, fronting its white quay, a fleet of barges swung idly at anchor.
white-robed
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From this reading At the landward end of its gangplank, which had been stretched to the well-built limestone wall of the quay, a knot of white-robed priests of Aton bowed a fawning welcome to their portly brother hierophant.
Wolf-god
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From this reading THE HITTITES ADVANCE Pharaoh’s recently completed City of the Sun stretched at some length along both sides of the Nile, about sixty miles north of the ancient city of Siut, sacred to the Wolf-god.
