Chapter VII

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

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Shovel them under and let me work— I am the grass; I cover all.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading Shovel them under and let me work— I am the grass; I cover all.

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

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

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

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading GRASS Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.

a town in Czech Republic; site of the battle of Austerlitz in 1805

From this reading GRASS Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.

plural of “body” — the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

From this reading GRASS Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.

a place where bricks are made and sold

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

provide with a covering or cause to be covered

From this reading Shovel them under and let me work— I am the grass; I cover all.

move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

forsaken by owner or inhabitants

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

the time of day immediately following sunset

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

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From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery

From this reading And pile them high at Gettysburg And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.

shoot down, of birds

From this reading GRASS Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading GRASS Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Shovel them under and let me work— I am the grass; I cover all.

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

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading Shovel them under and let me work— I am the grass; I cover all.

a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

for the most time

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

engage in

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Shovel them under and let me work— I am the grass; I cover all.

the natural satellite of the Earth

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

a collection of objects laid on top of each other

From this reading GRASS Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.

a small lake

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

plural of “shadow” — shade within clear boundaries

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle

From this reading Shovel them under and let me work— I am the grass; I cover all.

the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

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

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Shovel them under and let me work— I am the grass; I cover all.

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

From this reading NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD Stuff of the moon Runs on the lapping sand Out to the longest shadows.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped

From this reading And pile them high at Gettysburg And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.

a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat

From this reading GRASS Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.

United States actress and singer (1896-1977)

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

plural of “willow” — any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading Shovel them under and let me work— I am the grass; I cover all.

of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

From this reading Under the curving willows, And round the creep of the wave line, Fluxions of yellow and dusk on the waters Make a wide dreaming pansy of an old pond in the night.

battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery

From this reading And pile them high at Gettysburg And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.