Chapter XXIV

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

From this reading A PAIR OF COLOURS.

higher than, or over, something

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a vaguely specified concern

From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."

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

From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."

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

From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."

group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place

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earlier than; in front of

From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."

the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland

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a youthful male person

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

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inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

rub with a brush, or as if with a brush

From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."

showing who or what does the action

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inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

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someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

a low-lying region in central France

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examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

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a distinguishing emblem

From this reading A PAIR OF COLOURS.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

deem to be

From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."

relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

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not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

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a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

gleam or glow intermittently

From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."

about to be mentioned or specified

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any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

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intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."

the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

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the side that is forward or prominent

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inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

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the solid part of the earth's surface

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plural of “gully” — deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)

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plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."

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a high place

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the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

provoking horror

From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."

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

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

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

From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."

moving to the inside of something

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a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

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From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

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a boy or man

From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."

showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness

From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."

give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."

the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses

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

From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."

being nothing more than specified

From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."

a message that seems to convey no meaning

From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A PAIR OF COLOURS.

touching and supported by a surface

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used to join alternatives or possibilities

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belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

above and across; more than

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a set of two similar things considered as a unit

From this reading A PAIR OF COLOURS.

make a sweeping movement

From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."

past form of “push” — move with force

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snacks and drinks served as a light meal

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inflected form of “reply” — react verbally

From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."

not arrogant or presuming

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being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."

plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

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the killing of animals (as for food)

From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."

in the near future

From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."

a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top

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abounding in rocks or stones

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of the kind already mentioned

From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."

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

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."

violent pangs of suffering

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from one end or side of something to the other

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having edges that are jagged from injury

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surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

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up to a particular time

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a formal word for “on”

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a community of people smaller than a town

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a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

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relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes

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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 Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.

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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

used to ask for information about something

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

at the time that

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

in or at the place that

From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.

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

From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."

in the company of; together with

From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"