used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We have eaten our last bif-teck _aux pommes frites_, and drank our last cup of coffee in the Saxe.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We are really and truly off.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
aux
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From this reading We have eaten our last bif-teck _aux pommes frites_, and drank our last cup of coffee in the Saxe.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
Barbara-ward
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From this reading Our faces are set Barbara-ward, Bobby-ward, jackdaw-ward.
bif-teck
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From this reading We have eaten our last bif-teck _aux pommes frites_, and drank our last cup of coffee in the Saxe.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
Bobby-ward
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From this reading Our faces are set Barbara-ward, Bobby-ward, jackdaw-ward.
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading We have eaten our last bif-teck _aux pommes frites_, and drank our last cup of coffee in the Saxe.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The day of departure has really come.
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading We have eaten our last bif-teck _aux pommes frites_, and drank our last cup of coffee in the Saxe.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The day of departure has really come.
the act of departing
From this reading The day of departure has really come.
domenounUS /doʊm/
a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
dormer-windows
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From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
inflected form of “drink” — take in liquids
From this reading We have eaten our last bif-teck _aux pommes frites_, and drank our last cup of coffee in the Saxe.
inflected form of “eat” — take in solid food
From this reading We have eaten our last bif-teck _aux pommes frites_, and drank our last cup of coffee in the Saxe.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Our faces are set Barbara-ward, Bobby-ward, jackdaw-ward.
well known or easily recognized
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
Frauen
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From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
frites
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From this reading We have eaten our last bif-teck _aux pommes frites_, and drank our last cup of coffee in the Saxe.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The day of departure has really come.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have eaten our last bif-teck _aux pommes frites_, and drank our last cup of coffee in the Saxe.
hay-carts
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From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We have eaten our last bif-teck _aux pommes frites_, and drank our last cup of coffee in the Saxe.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
jackdaw-ward
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From this reading Our faces are set Barbara-ward, Bobby-ward, jackdaw-ward.
Kirchen
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From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
immediately past
From this reading We have eaten our last bif-teck _aux pommes frites_, and drank our last cup of coffee in the Saxe.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The day of departure has really come.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading We are really and truly off.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We have eaten our last bif-teck _aux pommes frites_, and drank our last cup of coffee in the Saxe.
piledverbUS /paɪld/
past form of “pile” — arrange in stacks
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
pommes
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From this reading We have eaten our last bif-teck _aux pommes frites_, and drank our last cup of coffee in the Saxe.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading The day of departure has really come.
rudelyadverbUS /ˈruːdli/
in an impolite manner
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
SaxenounUS /sæks/
a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)
From this reading We have eaten our last bif-teck _aux pommes frites_, and drank our last cup of coffee in the Saxe.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Our faces are set Barbara-ward, Bobby-ward, jackdaw-ward.
make square
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
having a supporting base
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
statuenounUS /ˈstætʃuː/
a sculpture representing a human or animal
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
not moving or operating freely
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day of departure has really come.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading We are really and truly off.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
displeasing to the senses
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have eaten our last bif-teck _aux pommes frites_, and drank our last cup of coffee in the Saxe.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I have had my last look at the familiar square, at the great dome of the Frauen Kirchen, at the high houses with their dormer-windows, at the ugly big statue standing with its stiff black back rudely turned to the hotel, at the piled hay-carts.