used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
anew
From this reading In that nightmare I saw again those awful scenes as vividly as though they had been etched in phosphorus before my eyes.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In that nightmare I saw again those awful scenes as vividly as though they had been etched in phosphorus before my eyes.
awfuladjectiveUS /ˈɑːfəl/
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading In that nightmare I saw again those awful scenes as vividly as though they had been etched in phosphorus before my eyes.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In that nightmare I saw again those awful scenes as vividly as though they had been etched in phosphorus before my eyes.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading In that nightmare I saw again those awful scenes as vividly as though they had been etched in phosphorus before my eyes.
uttered without voice
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
ceaselesslyadverbUS /ˈsiːzləsli/
with unflagging resolve
From this reading And a voice out of the darkness crying ceaselessly in my ears:
chokingadjectiveUS /ˈtʃoʊ.kɪŋ/
Causing difficulty in breathing.
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
demanding attention
From this reading And a voice out of the darkness crying ceaselessly in my ears:
absence of light or illumination
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading And a voice out of the darkness crying ceaselessly in my ears:
etchedadjectiveUS /etʃt/
cut or impressed into a surface
From this reading In that nightmare I saw again those awful scenes as vividly as though they had been etched in phosphorus before my eyes.
opinion or judgment
From this reading In that nightmare I saw again those awful scenes as vividly as though they had been etched in phosphorus before my eyes.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
gaspsnounUS /ɡæsps/
plural of “gasp” — a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In that nightmare I saw again those awful scenes as vividly as though they had been etched in phosphorus before my eyes.
only a very short time before
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading "Help me!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
impenetrableadjectiveUS /ˌɪmˈpenətrəbəl/
not admitting of penetration or passage into or through
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And a voice out of the darkness crying ceaselessly in my ears:
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
nightmarenounUS /ˈnaɪt.mɛr/
A terrifying or distressing dream.
From this reading In that nightmare I saw again those awful scenes as vividly as though they had been etched in phosphorus before my eyes.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And a voice out of the darkness crying ceaselessly in my ears:
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading And a voice out of the darkness crying ceaselessly in my ears:
phosphorusnounUS /ˈfɑːsfərəs/
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading In that nightmare I saw again those awful scenes as vividly as though they had been etched in phosphorus before my eyes.
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
cut with a saw
From this reading In that nightmare I saw again those awful scenes as vividly as though they had been etched in phosphorus before my eyes.
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading In that nightmare I saw again those awful scenes as vividly as though they had been etched in phosphorus before my eyes.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And a voice out of the darkness crying ceaselessly in my ears:
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In that nightmare I saw again those awful scenes as vividly as though they had been etched in phosphorus before my eyes.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading In that nightmare I saw again those awful scenes as vividly as though they had been etched in phosphorus before my eyes.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading In that nightmare I saw again those awful scenes as vividly as though they had been etched in phosphorus before my eyes.
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
vividlyadverbUS /ˈvɪvədli/
in a vivid manner
From this reading In that nightmare I saw again those awful scenes as vividly as though they had been etched in phosphorus before my eyes.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading And a voice out of the darkness crying ceaselessly in my ears:
in the company of; together with
From this reading FULL CONFESSION Darkness impenetrable about me, and a thick air that I breathed with great gasps that hardly brought relief to my choking throat.
