used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Hassan followed, with never a look behind him.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
actualitynounUS /ˌæktʃuːˈælətiː/
the state of actually existing objectively
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
AMINA
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From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Without any word he had taken Waldo’s gun from his nerveless hand and carried it, with his own and the consul’s.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Without any word he had taken Waldo’s gun from his nerveless hand and carried it, with his own and the consul’s.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Hassan followed, with never a look behind him.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
brilliancenounUS /ˈbrɪljəns/
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Without any word he had taken Waldo’s gun from his nerveless hand and carried it, with his own and the consul’s.
rid of obstructions
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
consulnounUS /ˈkɑːnsəl/
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
consul's
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From this reading Without any word he had taken Waldo’s gun from his nerveless hand and carried it, with his own and the consul’s.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
crevicenounUS /ˈkrevəs/
a long narrow depression in a surface
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
dazedadjectiveUS /deɪzd/
in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Hassan followed, with never a look behind him.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
a state of partial or total darkness
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
gravellyadjectiveUS /ˈɡrævəli/
abounding in small stones
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading Without any word he had taken Waldo’s gun from his nerveless hand and carried it, with his own and the consul’s.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Without any word he had taken Waldo’s gun from his nerveless hand and carried it, with his own and the consul’s.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Without any word he had taken Waldo’s gun from his nerveless hand and carried it, with his own and the consul’s.
Hassan
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From this reading Hassan followed, with never a look behind him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Without any word he had taken Waldo’s gun from his nerveless hand and carried it, with his own and the consul’s.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
interioradjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈtɪriər/
situated within or suitable for inside a building
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
landscapenounUS /ˈlændskeɪp/
an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
large or big relative to something else
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
take somebody somewhere
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Hassan followed, with never a look behind him.
nervelessadjective
marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
From this reading Without any word he had taken Waldo’s gun from his nerveless hand and carried it, with his own and the consul’s.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Hassan followed, with never a look behind him.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Without any word he had taken Waldo’s gun from his nerveless hand and carried it, with his own and the consul’s.
pacesnounUS /ˈpeɪsɪz/
plural of “pace” — the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
ruinousadjectiveUS /ˈruːənəs/
extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
southwestnounUS /ˌsaʊˈθwest/
the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
strodeverbUS /stroʊd/
inflected form of “stride” — walk with long steps
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
stunningadjectiveUS /ˈstʌnɪŋ/
commanding attention
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Without any word he had taken Waldo’s gun from his nerveless hand and carried it, with his own and the consul’s.
tepidadjectiveUS /ˈtepɪd/
moderately warm
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading In silence he suffered the consul to lead him from the tepid gloom of the interior, through the ruinous doorway, out into the hot, stunning brilliance of the desert landscape.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
tombnounUS /tuːm/
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
unbelievableadjectiveUS /ˌʌnbəˈliːvəbəl/
beyond belief or understanding
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
WALDO
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From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
Waldo's
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From this reading Without any word he had taken Waldo’s gun from his nerveless hand and carried it, with his own and the consul’s.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading The consul strode across the gravelly sand, some fifty paces from the southwest corner of the tomb, to a bit of not wholly ruined wall from which there was a clear view of the doorway side of the tomb and of the side with the larger crevice.
in the company of; together with
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Without any word he had taken Waldo’s gun from his nerveless hand and carried it, with his own and the consul’s.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Without any word he had taken Waldo’s gun from his nerveless hand and carried it, with his own and the consul’s.
wordedverbUS /ˈwɜːrdɪd/
past form of “word” — put into words or an expression
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading AMINA AMINA WALDO, brought face to face with the actuality of the unbelievable--as he himself would have worded it--was completely dazed.
