1774
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From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
1775
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From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
AlbanynounUS /ˈɔːlbəni/
state capital of New York; located in eastern New York State on the west bank of the Hudson river
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
AmericansnounUS /əˈmerəkənz/
plural of “american” — a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading Dull, horse-racing, dog-fighting noblemen were comforting themselves in Parliament, at London, by declaring that the Americans were cowards and would not fight.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To us, in those trying times, these eight months were a painfully long-drawn-out period of anxiety and growing excitement.
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
From this reading To us, in those trying times, these eight months were a painfully long-drawn-out period of anxiety and growing excitement.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Dull, horse-racing, dog-fighting noblemen were comforting themselves in Parliament, at London, by declaring that the Americans were cowards and would not fight.
in addition to; as well as
From this reading Containing Other News Besides that from Bunker Hill.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
BunkernounUS /ˈbʌŋkər/
a hazard on a golf course
From this reading Containing Other News Besides that from Bunker Hill.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Dull, horse-racing, dog-fighting noblemen were comforting themselves in Parliament, at London, by declaring that the Americans were cowards and would not fight.
comfortingadjectiveUS /ˈkʌmfərtɪŋ/
providing freedom from worry
From this reading Dull, horse-racing, dog-fighting noblemen were comforting themselves in Parliament, at London, by declaring that the Americans were cowards and would not fight.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading War was coming surely upon us--and war under strange and sinister conditions.
the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process
From this reading War was coming surely upon us--and war under strange and sinister conditions.
ContainingverbUS /kənˈteɪnɪŋ/
-ing form of “contain” — include or contain; have as a component
From this reading Containing Other News Besides that from Bunker Hill.
cowardsnounUS /ˈkaʊərdz/
plural of “coward” — a person who shows fear or timidity
From this reading Dull, horse-racing, dog-fighting noblemen were comforting themselves in Parliament, at London, by declaring that the Americans were cowards and would not fight.
declaringverbUS /dɪˈklerɪŋ/
-ing form of “declare” — state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading Dull, horse-racing, dog-fighting noblemen were comforting themselves in Parliament, at London, by declaring that the Americans were cowards and would not fight.
dog-fighting
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From this reading Dull, horse-racing, dog-fighting noblemen were comforting themselves in Parliament, at London, by declaring that the Americans were cowards and would not fight.
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading Dull, horse-racing, dog-fighting noblemen were comforting themselves in Parliament, at London, by declaring that the Americans were cowards and would not fight.
being one more than seven
From this reading To us, in those trying times, these eight months were a painfully long-drawn-out period of anxiety and growing excitement.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading To us, in those trying times, these eight months were a painfully long-drawn-out period of anxiety and growing excitement.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading Dull, horse-racing, dog-fighting noblemen were comforting themselves in Parliament, at London, by declaring that the Americans were cowards and would not fight.
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Containing Other News Besides that from Bunker Hill.
(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 To us, in those trying times, these eight months were a painfully long-drawn-out period of anxiety and growing excitement.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading Containing Other News Besides that from Bunker Hill.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
horse-racing
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From this reading Dull, horse-racing, dog-fighting noblemen were comforting themselves in Parliament, at London, by declaring that the Americans were cowards and would not fight.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading Dull, horse-racing, dog-fighting noblemen were comforting themselves in Parliament, at London, by declaring that the Americans were cowards and would not fight.
long-drawn-out
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From this reading To us, in those trying times, these eight months were a painfully long-drawn-out period of anxiety and growing excitement.
mid-Junenoun
the middle part of June
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
MohawknounUS /ˈmoʊhɔːk/
a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading To us, in those trying times, these eight months were a painfully long-drawn-out period of anxiety and growing excitement.
moonlitadjectiveUS /ˈmuːnlɪt/
lighted by moonlight
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
information about recent and important events
From this reading Containing Other News Besides that from Bunker Hill.
noblemen
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From this reading Dull, horse-racing, dog-fighting noblemen were comforting themselves in Parliament, at London, by declaring that the Americans were cowards and would not fight.
noondaynoun
the middle of the day
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Dull, horse-racing, dog-fighting noblemen were comforting themselves in Parliament, at London, by declaring that the Americans were cowards and would not fight.
OctobernounUS /ɑːkˈtoʊbər/
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Containing Other News Besides that from Bunker Hill.
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
painfullyadverbUS /ˈpeɪnfəli/
unpleasantly
From this reading To us, in those trying times, these eight months were a painfully long-drawn-out period of anxiety and growing excitement.
ParliamentnounUS /ˈpɑːrləmənt/
a legislative assembly in certain countries
From this reading Dull, horse-racing, dog-fighting noblemen were comforting themselves in Parliament, at London, by declaring that the Americans were cowards and would not fight.
go across or through
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
an amount of time
From this reading To us, in those trying times, these eight months were a painfully long-drawn-out period of anxiety and growing excitement.
a person who enjoys reading
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
revoltnounUS /rɪˈvoʊlt/
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
sinisteradjectiveUS /ˈsɪnɪstər/
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
From this reading War was coming surely upon us--and war under strange and sinister conditions.
the state of being asleep
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading War was coming surely upon us--and war under strange and sinister conditions.
plural of “street” — a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading War was coming surely upon us--and war under strange and sinister conditions.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Containing Other News Besides that from Bunker Hill.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Dull, horse-racing, dog-fighting noblemen were comforting themselves in Parliament, at London, by declaring that the Americans were cowards and would not fight.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading To us, in those trying times, these eight months were a painfully long-drawn-out period of anxiety and growing excitement.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading To us, in those trying times, these eight months were a painfully long-drawn-out period of anxiety and growing excitement.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading To us, in those trying times, these eight months were a painfully long-drawn-out period of anxiety and growing excitement.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
hard to endure
From this reading To us, in those trying times, these eight months were a painfully long-drawn-out period of anxiety and growing excitement.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading War was coming surely upon us--and war under strange and sinister conditions.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading War was coming surely upon us--and war under strange and sinister conditions.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To us, in those trying times, these eight months were a painfully long-drawn-out period of anxiety and growing excitement.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading War was coming surely upon us--and war under strange and sinister conditions.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading War was coming surely upon us--and war under strange and sinister conditions.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading To us, in those trying times, these eight months were a painfully long-drawn-out period of anxiety and growing excitement.
in the company of; together with
From this reading To pass from October, 1774, to mid-June of 1775--from the moonlit streets of sleeping Albany to the broad noonday of open revolt in the Mohawk Valley--is for the reader but the turning of a page with his fingers.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Dull, horse-racing, dog-fighting noblemen were comforting themselves in Parliament, at London, by declaring that the Americans were cowards and would not fight.
