used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The light poured into the room like a flood, yellow as sunlight, and more intense in brilliancy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The light poured into the room like a flood, yellow as sunlight, and more intense in brilliancy.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The light poured into the room like a flood, yellow as sunlight, and more intense in brilliancy.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Kitty standing at the table had her face in shadow.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Now’now I shall be believed.
past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “Now’now I shall be believed.
brilliancynoun
a quality that outshines the usual
From this reading The light poured into the room like a flood, yellow as sunlight, and more intense in brilliancy.
Exeter
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From this reading The fire glittered in his eyeballs, it flashed in the new heavy gold watch-chain that he had purchased in Exeter.
eyeballsnounUS /ˈaɪbɔːlz/
plural of “eyeball” — the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
From this reading The fire glittered in his eyeballs, it flashed in the new heavy gold watch-chain that he had purchased in Exeter.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Kitty standing at the table had her face in shadow.
start firing a weapon
From this reading The fire glittered in his eyeballs, it flashed in the new heavy gold watch-chain that he had purchased in Exeter.
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading The fire glittered in his eyeballs, it flashed in the new heavy gold watch-chain that he had purchased in Exeter.
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading The light poured into the room like a flood, yellow as sunlight, and more intense in brilliancy.
glitteredverbUS /ˈɡlɪtərd/
past form of “glitter” — be shiny, as if wet
From this reading The fire glittered in his eyeballs, it flashed in the new heavy gold watch-chain that he had purchased in Exeter.
coins made of gold
From this reading Pasco opposite was as a mass of gold.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Kitty standing at the table had her face in shadow.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The fire glittered in his eyeballs, it flashed in the new heavy gold watch-chain that he had purchased in Exeter.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading The fire glittered in his eyeballs, it flashed in the new heavy gold watch-chain that he had purchased in Exeter.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Kitty standing at the table had her face in shadow.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The fire glittered in his eyeballs, it flashed in the new heavy gold watch-chain that he had purchased in Exeter.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Now’now I shall be believed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The light poured into the room like a flood, yellow as sunlight, and more intense in brilliancy.
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading The light poured into the room like a flood, yellow as sunlight, and more intense in brilliancy.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The light poured into the room like a flood, yellow as sunlight, and more intense in brilliancy.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The fire glittered in his eyeballs, it flashed in the new heavy gold watch-chain that he had purchased in Exeter.
KittynounUS /ˈkɪti/
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading Kitty standing at the table had her face in shadow.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading The light poured into the room like a flood, yellow as sunlight, and more intense in brilliancy.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The light poured into the room like a flood, yellow as sunlight, and more intense in brilliancy.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading Pasco opposite was as a mass of gold.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The light poured into the room like a flood, yellow as sunlight, and more intense in brilliancy.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading The fire glittered in his eyeballs, it flashed in the new heavy gold watch-chain that he had purchased in Exeter.
Now'now
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From this reading “Now’now I shall be believed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pasco opposite was as a mass of gold.
being directly across from each other; facing
From this reading Pasco opposite was as a mass of gold.
Pasco
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From this reading Pasco opposite was as a mass of gold.
past form of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading The light poured into the room like a flood, yellow as sunlight, and more intense in brilliancy.
purchasedverbUS /ˈpɜːrtʃəst/
past form of “purchase” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading The fire glittered in his eyeballs, it flashed in the new heavy gold watch-chain that he had purchased in Exeter.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The light poured into the room like a flood, yellow as sunlight, and more intense in brilliancy.
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading Kitty standing at the table had her face in shadow.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Now’now I shall be believed.
having a supporting base
From this reading Kitty standing at the table had her face in shadow.
the rays of the sun
From this reading The light poured into the room like a flood, yellow as sunlight, and more intense in brilliancy.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Kitty standing at the table had her face in shadow.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The fire glittered in his eyeballs, it flashed in the new heavy gold watch-chain that he had purchased in Exeter.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The light poured into the room like a flood, yellow as sunlight, and more intense in brilliancy.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Pasco opposite was as a mass of gold.
watch-chain
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From this reading The fire glittered in his eyeballs, it flashed in the new heavy gold watch-chain that he had purchased in Exeter.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading The light poured into the room like a flood, yellow as sunlight, and more intense in brilliancy.
