used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
anew
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading FONTAINEBLEAU "Where are we?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "We are at the end of the plain of La Brie, madame, and have stopped to change your horses and breathe ours."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
breatheverbUS /briːð/
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading "We are at the end of the plain of La Brie, madame, and have stopped to change your horses and breathe ours."
BrienounUS /briː/
soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert
From this reading "We are at the end of the plain of La Brie, madame, and have stopped to change your horses and breathe ours."
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading "We are at the end of the plain of La Brie, madame, and have stopped to change your horses and breathe ours."
teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
cushionsnounUS /ˈkʊʃənz/
plural of “cushion” — a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Will this road never end?"
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
FONTAINEBLEAU
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From this reading FONTAINEBLEAU "Where are we?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
a quick look
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We are at the end of the plain of La Brie, madame, and have stopped to change your horses and breathe ours."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading "We are at the end of the plain of La Brie, madame, and have stopped to change your horses and breathe ours."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
Lorgnac
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From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading "We are at the end of the plain of La Brie, madame, and have stopped to change your horses and breathe ours."
moonlitadjectiveUS /ˈmuːnlɪt/
lighted by moonlight
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Will this road never end?"
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading "We are at the end of the plain of La Brie, madame, and have stopped to change your horses and breathe ours."
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
From this reading "We are at the end of the plain of La Brie, madame, and have stopped to change your horses and breathe ours."
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading Will this road never end?"
inflected form of “sink” — fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
in an aggressive manner
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
having a supporting base
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading "We are at the end of the plain of La Brie, madame, and have stopped to change your horses and breathe ours."
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
sullenadjectiveUS /ˈsʌlən/
showing a brooding ill humor
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Will this road never end?"
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading From over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of a beautiful, sullen face, and La Valentinois sank back again amongst her cushions, where we left her to her thoughts--such thoughts they must have been!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "We are at the end of the plain of La Brie, madame, and have stopped to change your horses and breathe ours."
Valentinois
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From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading FONTAINEBLEAU "Where are we?
in or at the place that
From this reading FONTAINEBLEAU "Where are we?
which person or people
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will this road never end?"
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading The voice of La Valentinois cut sharply into the warm, moonlit night; and De Lorgnac, who was standing near the window of the coach, answered:
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "We are at the end of the plain of La Brie, madame, and have stopped to change your horses and breathe ours."
