used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
Anaïtis
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From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the beautiful dark woman shrugged, and marveled why he need perpetually be bothering over the doings of common sailors.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And the beautiful dark woman shrugged, and marveled why he need perpetually be bothering over the doings of common sailors.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading And the beautiful dark woman shrugged, and marveled why he need perpetually be bothering over the doings of common sailors.
botheringverbUS /ˈbɑːðərɪŋ/
-ing form of “bother” — take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading And the beautiful dark woman shrugged, and marveled why he need perpetually be bothering over the doings of common sailors.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "Even now," says Jurgen, "I have seen none of the crew who brought us hither."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
charmedadjectiveUS /tʃɑːrmd/
strongly attracted
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading And the beautiful dark woman shrugged, and marveled why he need perpetually be bothering over the doings of common sailors.
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading "Even now," says Jurgen, "I have seen none of the crew who brought us hither."
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading And the beautiful dark woman shrugged, and marveled why he need perpetually be bothering over the doings of common sailors.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
doingsnounUS /ˈduːɪŋz/
manner of acting or controlling yourself
From this reading And the beautiful dark woman shrugged, and marveled why he need perpetually be bothering over the doings of common sailors.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
divisible by two
From this reading "Even now," says Jurgen, "I have seen none of the crew who brought us hither."
at any time
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
existverbUS /ɪɡˈzɪst/
have an existence, be extant
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
fingeringnounUS /ˈfɪŋɡərɪŋ/
the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
fognounUS /fɑːɡ/
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
at or to or toward the front
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Even now," says Jurgen, "I have seen none of the crew who brought us hither."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And the beautiful dark woman shrugged, and marveled why he need perpetually be bothering over the doings of common sailors.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading "Even now," says Jurgen, "I have seen none of the crew who brought us hither."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Even now," says Jurgen, "I have seen none of the crew who brought us hither."
past form of “imagine” — form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
Jurgen
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From this reading "Even now," says Jurgen, "I have seen none of the crew who brought us hither."
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
marveledverbUS /ˈmɑːrveld/
past form of “marvel” — be amazed at
From this reading And the beautiful dark woman shrugged, and marveled why he need perpetually be bothering over the doings of common sailors.
moorverbUS /mʊr/
secure in or as if in a berth or dock
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading And the beautiful dark woman shrugged, and marveled why he need perpetually be bothering over the doings of common sailors.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
not any; not one
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
not one, and not any
From this reading "Even now," says Jurgen, "I have seen none of the crew who brought us hither."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Even now," says Jurgen, "I have seen none of the crew who brought us hither."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Even now," says Jurgen, "I have seen none of the crew who brought us hither."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading And the beautiful dark woman shrugged, and marveled why he need perpetually be bothering over the doings of common sailors.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
perpetuallyadverbUS /pərˈpetʃuːəli/
everlastingly; for all time
From this reading And the beautiful dark woman shrugged, and marveled why he need perpetually be bothering over the doings of common sailors.
reptilesnounUS /ˈreptaɪlz/
plural of “reptile” — any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
sailorsnounUS /ˈseɪlərz/
plural of “sailor” — any member of a ship's crew
From this reading And the beautiful dark woman shrugged, and marveled why he need perpetually be bothering over the doings of common sailors.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading "Even now," says Jurgen, "I have seen none of the crew who brought us hither."
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Even now," says Jurgen, "I have seen none of the crew who brought us hither."
shruggedverbUS /ʃrʌɡd/
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading And the beautiful dark woman shrugged, and marveled why he need perpetually be bothering over the doings of common sailors.
sluggishadjectiveUS /ˈslʌɡɪʃ/
moving slowly
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Even now," says Jurgen, "I have seen none of the crew who brought us hither."
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
a source of difficulty
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Even now," says Jurgen, "I have seen none of the crew who brought us hither."
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
close enough to be walked to
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog.
which person or people
From this reading "Even now," says Jurgen, "I have seen none of the crew who brought us hither."
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading And the beautiful dark woman shrugged, and marveled why he need perpetually be bothering over the doings of common sailors.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading And the beautiful dark woman shrugged, and marveled why he need perpetually be bothering over the doings of common sailors.
wormsnounUS /wɜːrmz/
plural of “worm” — any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
From this reading They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living."
