used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading What drives a man to the stars on a life of high adventure and grave peril?
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading What drives a man to the stars on a life of high adventure and grave peril?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What drives a man to the stars on a life of high adventure and grave peril?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship.
bronzenounUS /brɑːnz/
an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin
From this reading _We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Even more important--can a girl's love keep him home?
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading _We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship.
casketnounUS /ˈkæskət/
box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
From this reading _We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship.
didn't
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From this reading Yet somehow we didn't notice the rain or the discomfort.
discomfortnounUS /dɪˈskʌmfərt/
the state of being tense and feeling pain
From this reading Yet somehow we didn't notice the rain or the discomfort.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading _We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship.
drivesnounUS /draɪvz/
plural of “drive” — the act of applying force to propel something
From this reading What drives a man to the stars on a life of high adventure and grave peril?
divisible by two
From this reading Even more important--can a girl's love keep him home?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship.
girl'snounUS /ɡɜːrlz/
possessive form of “girl” — a young female
From this reading Even more important--can a girl's love keep him home?
death of a person
From this reading What drives a man to the stars on a life of high adventure and grave peril?
grim-faced
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From this reading _We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship.
guardsnounUS /ɡɑːrdz/
plural of “guard” — a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading _We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading What drives a man to the stars on a life of high adventure and grave peril?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Even more important--can a girl's love keep him home?
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Even more important--can a girl's love keep him home?
of great significance or value
From this reading Even more important--can a girl's love keep him home?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Even more important--can a girl's love keep him home?
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading What drives a man to the stars on a life of high adventure and grave peril?
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Even more important--can a girl's love keep him home?
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading What drives a man to the stars on a life of high adventure and grave peril?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Even more important--can a girl's love keep him home?
an announcement containing information about an event
From this reading Yet somehow we didn't notice the rain or the discomfort.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What drives a man to the stars on a life of high adventure and grave peril?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading What drives a man to the stars on a life of high adventure and grave peril?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Yet somehow we didn't notice the rain or the discomfort.
perilnounUS /ˈperəl/
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading What drives a man to the stars on a life of high adventure and grave peril?
pouringadjectiveUS /ˈpɔːrɪŋ/
flowing profusely
From this reading There were thousands of us standing there in the pouring rain, soaked to the skin.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading There were thousands of us standing there in the pouring rain, soaked to the skin.
transport commercially
From this reading _We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading _We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship.
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading There were thousands of us standing there in the pouring rain, soaked to the skin.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading _We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship.
soakedadjectiveUS /soʊkt/
very drunk
From this reading There were thousands of us standing there in the pouring rain, soaked to the skin.
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading Yet somehow we didn't notice the rain or the discomfort.
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading _We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship.
having a supporting base
From this reading There were thousands of us standing there in the pouring rain, soaked to the skin.
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading What drives a man to the stars on a life of high adventure and grave peril?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What drives a man to the stars on a life of high adventure and grave peril?
in or at that place or location
From this reading There were thousands of us standing there in the pouring rain, soaked to the skin.
plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading There were thousands of us standing there in the pouring rain, soaked to the skin.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What drives a man to the stars on a life of high adventure and grave peril?
uniformedadjectiveUS /ˈjuːnəfɔːrmd/
dressed in a uniform
From this reading _We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There were thousands of us standing there in the pouring rain, soaked to the skin.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading _We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading _We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were thousands of us standing there in the pouring rain, soaked to the skin.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What drives a man to the stars on a life of high adventure and grave peril?
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet somehow we didn't notice the rain or the discomfort.
