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From this reading THE GREAT SLEET OF 19--.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Many a fall and many a bruise they got that night as they crept along the frozen path.
quickly and without warning
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Many a fall and many a bruise they got that night as they crept along the frozen path.
in addition
From this reading Here the path also changed its course and headed for the golf links of the college.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Many a fall and many a bruise they got that night as they crept along the frozen path.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Many a fall and many a bruise they got that night as they crept along the frozen path.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
bruiseverbUS /bruːz/
injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
From this reading Many a fall and many a bruise they got that night as they crept along the frozen path.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading Here the path also changed its course and headed for the golf links of the college.
the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading Here the path also changed its course and headed for the golf links of the college.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Here the path also changed its course and headed for the golf links of the college.
creeknounUS /kriːk/
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading Many a fall and many a bruise they got that night as they crept along the frozen path.
culvertnounUS /ˈkʌlvərt/
a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
embankmentnounUS /emˈbæŋkmənt/
a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading Many a fall and many a bruise they got that night as they crept along the frozen path.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Here the path also changed its course and headed for the golf links of the college.
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
frozenadjectiveUS /ˈfroʊzən/
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading Many a fall and many a bruise they got that night as they crept along the frozen path.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
golfnounUS /ɡɑːlf/
a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
From this reading Here the path also changed its course and headed for the golf links of the college.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Many a fall and many a bruise they got that night as they crept along the frozen path.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading THE GREAT SLEET OF 19--.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
headedadjectiveUS /ˈhedəd/
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading Here the path also changed its course and headed for the golf links of the college.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here the path also changed its course and headed for the golf links of the college.
humanadjectiveUS /ˈhjuːmən/
characteristic of humanity
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
JudithnounUS /ˈdʒuːdəθ/
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
immediately past
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
in the recent past
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
linksnounUS /lɪŋks/
a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore
From this reading Here the path also changed its course and headed for the golf links of the college.
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 Many a fall and many a bruise they got that night as they crept along the frozen path.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Many a fall and many a bruise they got that night as they crept along the frozen path.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE GREAT SLEET OF 19--.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
a course of conduct
From this reading Many a fall and many a bruise they got that night as they crept along the frozen path.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
SLEETnounUS /sliːt/
partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
From this reading THE GREAT SLEET OF 19--.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Many a fall and many a bruise they got that night as they crept along the frozen path.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GREAT SLEET OF 19--.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Many a fall and many a bruise they got that night as they crept along the frozen path.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
volcanonounUS /vɑːlˈkeɪnoʊ/
a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
in or at the place that
From this reading At last they reached a point where the creek had been turned abruptly from its bed and passed through a culvert under the embankment.
which person or people
From this reading "They can never get down the embankment and we can never get up," remarked Judith, who appeared to have forgotten that she had lately been a human volcano.
