Chapter V · Chapter 5

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

later than; following

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading The great west side of Chicago has hundreds of such streets and the coal mining town out of which McGregor had come was more inspiring as a place in which to live.

to a severe or serious degree

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Nothing more unlovely could be imagined.

next to; at the side of

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

plural of “bricklayer” — a craftsman skilled in building with bricks

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

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From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

plural of “carpenter” — a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period

From this reading The great west side of Chicago has hundreds of such streets and the coal mining town out of which McGregor had come was more inspiring as a place in which to live.

rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading The great west side of Chicago has hundreds of such streets and the coal mining town out of which McGregor had come was more inspiring as a place in which to live.

come or bring to a finish or an end

From this reading The street was complete in its hideousness.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Nothing more unlovely could be imagined.

a social unit living together

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

ludicrously odd

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

grant freedom to; free from confinement

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

acknowledged as a supposition

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading The great west side of Chicago has hundreds of such streets and the coal mining town out of which McGregor had come was more inspiring as a place in which to live.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The great west side of Chicago has hundreds of such streets and the coal mining town out of which McGregor had come was more inspiring as a place in which to live.

dreadful ugliness; horrible repulsiveness

From this reading The street was complete in its hideousness.

plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

plural of “hundred” — ten 10s

From this reading The great west side of Chicago has hundreds of such streets and the coal mining town out of which McGregor had come was more inspiring as a place in which to live.

past form of “imagine” — form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

From this reading Nothing more unlovely could be imagined.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

an inconvenient discomfort

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

failing to make or recognize distinctions

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

stimulating or exalting to the spirit

From this reading The great west side of Chicago has hundreds of such streets and the coal mining town out of which McGregor had come was more inspiring as a place in which to live.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The street was complete in its hideousness.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading The great west side of Chicago has hundreds of such streets and the coal mining town out of which McGregor had come was more inspiring as a place in which to live.

past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth

From this reading The great west side of Chicago has hundreds of such streets and the coal mining town out of which McGregor had come was more inspiring as a place in which to live.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading Nothing more unlovely could be imagined.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Nothing more unlovely could be imagined.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

on one occasion

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading The great west side of Chicago has hundreds of such streets and the coal mining town out of which McGregor had come was more inspiring as a place in which to live.

having an owner; often used in combination

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading The great west side of Chicago has hundreds of such streets and the coal mining town out of which McGregor had come was more inspiring as a place in which to live.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

plural of “street” — a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading The great west side of Chicago has hundreds of such streets and the coal mining town out of which McGregor had come was more inspiring as a place in which to live.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading The great west side of Chicago has hundreds of such streets and the coal mining town out of which McGregor had come was more inspiring as a place in which to live.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

near that time or date

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The great west side of Chicago has hundreds of such streets and the coal mining town out of which McGregor had come was more inspiring as a place in which to live.

having come into contact

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading The great west side of Chicago has hundreds of such streets and the coal mining town out of which McGregor had come was more inspiring as a place in which to live.

shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

without beauty or charm

From this reading Nothing more unlovely could be imagined.

ugliness that is unpleasant to look at

From this reading Given a free hand an indiscriminate lot of badly trained carpenters and bricklayers had builded houses beside the cobblestone road that touched the fantastic in their unsightliness and inconvenience.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading The great west side of Chicago has hundreds of such streets and the coal mining town out of which McGregor had come was more inspiring as a place in which to live.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The street in which McGregor lived in Chicago was called Wycliff Place, after a family of that name that had once owned the land thereabout.