1799
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From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
Andermatt
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From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY DAVID KER.
-ing form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
cartsnounUS /kɑːrts/
plural of “cart” — a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
CHEESEnounUS /tʃiːz/
a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
From this reading THE SOLDIER'S CHEESE.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
crestnounUS /krest/
the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading BY DAVID KER.
the first light of day
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
daybreaknounUS /ˈdeɪbreɪk/
the first light of day
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
with ease (“easy” is sometimes used informally for “easily”)
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
-ing form of “expect” — regard something as probable or likely
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
fearfullyadverb
in fear
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
start firing a weapon
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
your parents
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
fugitivesnounUS /ˈfjuːdʒɪtɪvz/
plural of “fugitive” — someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
gleamverbUS /ɡliːm/
be shiny, as if wet
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
Gothard
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From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
hindmostadjective
located farthest to the rear
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
and nothing more
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
KER
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From this reading BY DAVID KER.
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 All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
used to form the superlative
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
mulenounUS /mjuːl/
hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
on one occasion
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
packingnounUS /ˈpækɪŋ/
any material used especially to protect something
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
passesnounUS /ˈpæsəz/
plural of “pass” — (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
removeverbUS /riˈmuːv/
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
cut with a saw
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
slinking
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From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
SOLDIER'SnounUS /ˈsoʊldʒərz/
possessive form of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading THE SOLDIER'S CHEESE.
St
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From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
sweepverbUS /swiːp/
sweep across or over
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SOLDIER'S CHEESE.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
torrentnounUS /ˈtɔːrənt/
a heavy rain
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
toweringadjectiveUS /ˈtaʊərɪŋ/
of imposing height; especially standing out above others
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
precisely as stated
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading All night long the village folks had been busy packing up and carrying away in carts or on horse and mule back whatever they could most easily remove.
which person or people
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading The first gleam of dawn saw the hindmost fugitives slinking away into the passes of the northern hills, looking fearfully back every now and then at the towering crest of the St. Gothard, as if expecting the whole mountain to fall upon them at once, or to send forth a torrent of fire that would sweep them all away.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Any one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight.
