used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
(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 The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
announcesverbUS /əˈnaʊnsɪz/
third-person singular of “announce” — make known; make an announcement
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
have
From this reading The Smell of Turpentine is a thing to bear since all its counter-things bring only solider evil.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading It tortures my nerves: it burns my eyes: it lames my flesh: it jerks and flays and garbles my inner body.
brieflyadverbUS /ˈbriːfli/
for a short time
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The Smell of Turpentine is a thing to bear since all its counter-things bring only solider evil.
burnsnounUS /bɜːrnz/
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading It tortures my nerves: it burns my eyes: it lames my flesh: it jerks and flays and garbles my inner body.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
cocainenounUS /koʊˈkeɪn/
a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
combatnounUS /ˈkɑːmbæt/
an engagement fought between two military forces
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
counter-things
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From this reading The Smell of Turpentine is a thing to bear since all its counter-things bring only solider evil.
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
damagingadjectiveUS /ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/
(sometimes followed by “to”) causing harm or injury
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
dirtyadjectiveUS /ˈdɜːrti/
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
effectsnounUS /ɪˈfekts/
property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
to the same degree (often followed by “as”)
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading The Smell of Turpentine is a thing to bear since all its counter-things bring only solider evil.
opinion or judgment
From this reading It tortures my nerves: it burns my eyes: it lames my flesh: it jerks and flays and garbles my inner body.
flays
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From this reading It tortures my nerves: it burns my eyes: it lames my flesh: it jerks and flays and garbles my inner body.
the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
From this reading It tortures my nerves: it burns my eyes: it lames my flesh: it jerks and flays and garbles my inner body.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
garblesverbUS /ˈɡɑːrbəlz/
third-person singular of “garble” — make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
From this reading It tortures my nerves: it burns my eyes: it lames my flesh: it jerks and flays and garbles my inner body.
grievouslyadverbUS /ˈɡriːvəsli/
in a grievous manner
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
ingenuitynounUS /ˌɪndʒəˈnuːətiː/
the power of creative imagination
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
located inward
From this reading It tortures my nerves: it burns my eyes: it lames my flesh: it jerks and flays and garbles my inner body.
inspectedverbUS /ˌɪnˈspektɪd/
past form of “inspect” — look over carefully
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Smell of Turpentine is a thing to bear since all its counter-things bring only solider evil.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It tortures my nerves: it burns my eyes: it lames my flesh: it jerks and flays and garbles my inner body.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The Smell of Turpentine is a thing to bear since all its counter-things bring only solider evil.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
jerksnounUS /dʒɜːrks/
plural of “jerk” — a dull stupid fatuous person
From this reading It tortures my nerves: it burns my eyes: it lames my flesh: it jerks and flays and garbles my inner body.
lames
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From this reading It tortures my nerves: it burns my eyes: it lames my flesh: it jerks and flays and garbles my inner body.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
masterfuler
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From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It tortures my nerves: it burns my eyes: it lames my flesh: it jerks and flays and garbles my inner body.
an uneasy psychological state
From this reading It tortures my nerves: it burns my eyes: it lames my flesh: it jerks and flays and garbles my inner body.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
on one occasion
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
and nothing more
From this reading The Smell of Turpentine is a thing to bear since all its counter-things bring only solider evil.
opiumnounUS /ˈoʊpiəm/
an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
paintverbUS /peɪnt/
make a painting
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
past form of “produce” — bring forth or yield
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
separated in relationship by a given degree of descent
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
savagerynounUS /ˈsævɪdʒeri/
the property of being untamed and ferocious
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading The Smell of Turpentine is a thing to bear since all its counter-things bring only solider evil.
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
solider
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From this reading The Smell of Turpentine is a thing to bear since all its counter-things bring only solider evil.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
comparative of “strong” — having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
stupornounUS /ˈstuːpər/
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
subtleadjectiveUS /ˈsʌtəl/
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
a special situation
From this reading The Smell of Turpentine is a thing to bear since all its counter-things bring only solider evil.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Smell of Turpentine is a thing to bear since all its counter-things bring only solider evil.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
torturesnounUS /ˈtɔːrtʃərz/
plural of “torture” — extreme mental distress
From this reading It tortures my nerves: it burns my eyes: it lames my flesh: it jerks and flays and garbles my inner body.
TurpentinenounUS /ˈtɜːrpəntaɪn/
obtained from conifers (especially pines)
From this reading But at once comes the Smell of Turpentine and announces itself something outside that and _different_, something stronger, something masterfuler than ingenuity and savagery together.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading The paint was put on the wood by a dirty little man whom I briefly inspected as something removed from my range of life.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The ingenuity of man has produced opium and cocaine which would combat and hide it all behind a heavy curtain of stupor, with effects equally damaging if less grievously subtle.
