used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She heard her own voice, muffled and unnatural.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
biteverbUS /baɪt/
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
From this reading "But pythons don't bite!
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
don't
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From this reading "But pythons don't bite!
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
eiderdownnoun
a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
set up or found
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Her heart was still pounding, perspiration streamed from her while she laughed hysterically and repeated to herself:
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading She heard her own voice, muffled and unnatural.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Her heart was still pounding, perspiration streamed from her while she laughed hysterically and repeated to herself:
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She heard her own voice, muffled and unnatural.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Her heart was still pounding, perspiration streamed from her while she laughed hysterically and repeated to herself:
hystericallyadverbUS /ˌhɪˈsterɪkli/
in a hysterical manner
From this reading Her heart was still pounding, perspiration streamed from her while she laughed hysterically and repeated to herself:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Her heart was still pounding, perspiration streamed from her while she laughed hysterically and repeated to herself:
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
any art that invokes supernatural powers
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
meltedadjectiveUS /ˈmeltəd/
changed from a solid to a liquid state
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
become covered with mist
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
muffledadjectiveUS /ˈmʌfəld/
being or made softer or less loud or clear
From this reading She heard her own voice, muffled and unnatural.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading She heard her own voice, muffled and unnatural.
perspirationnounUS /ˌpɜːrspərˈeɪʃən/
salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
From this reading Her heart was still pounding, perspiration streamed from her while she laughed hysterically and repeated to herself:
poundingnounUS /ˈpaʊndɪŋ/
repeated heavy blows
From this reading Her heart was still pounding, perspiration streamed from her while she laughed hysterically and repeated to herself:
pythonnounUS /ˈpaɪθɑːn/
large Old World boas
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
pythons
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From this reading "But pythons don't bite!
quiltnounUS /kwɪlt/
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
recurring again and again
From this reading Her heart was still pounding, perspiration streamed from her while she laughed hysterically and repeated to herself:
-ing form of “rest” — not move; be in a resting position
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
move by turning over or rotating
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She heard her own voice, muffled and unnatural.
any broad thin expanse or surface
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
shudderingadjectiveUS /ˈʃʌdərɪŋ/
shaking convulsively or violently
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
not in physical motion
From this reading Her heart was still pounding, perspiration streamed from her while she laughed hysterically and repeated to herself:
streamedverbUS /striːmd/
past form of “stream” — to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
From this reading Her heart was still pounding, perspiration streamed from her while she laughed hysterically and repeated to herself:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
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 It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
unharmedadjectiveUS /ənˈhɑːrmd/
not injured or harmed
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
unnaturaladjectiveUS /ənˈnætʃərəl/
not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature
From this reading She heard her own voice, muffled and unnatural.
having passed out of existence
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading She heard her own voice, muffled and unnatural.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Her heart was still pounding, perspiration streamed from her while she laughed hysterically and repeated to herself:
in the company of; together with
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading It seemed to work a sort of magic, for the python vanished, melted away like mist; she drew a great shuddering breath and found she was lying on her bed, unharmed, but with the sheet muffled about her throat and the thick eiderdown quilt resting in a roll across her.
