used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A vast wave of hatred surged over the man’s soul.
accomplishmentnounUS /əˈkɑːmplɪʃmənt/
the action of accomplishing something
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
(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 With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
corruptingadjectiveUS /kərˈʌptɪŋ/
seducing into corrupt practices
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
cubnounUS /kʌb/
an awkward and inexperienced youth
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
exterminatedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈstɜːrməneɪtɪd/
destroyed completely
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
start firing a weapon
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading There must be one great killing!
handiworknounUS /ˈhændiwɜːrk/
a work produced by hand labor
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
hatrednounUS /ˈheɪtrəd/
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading A vast wave of hatred surged over the man’s soul.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
killingnounUS /ˈkɪlɪŋ/
an event that causes someone to die
From this reading There must be one great killing!
malenounUS /meɪl/
an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
man'snounUS /mænz/
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A vast wave of hatred surged over the man’s soul.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
the force of workers available
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
mind-work
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From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
not any; not one
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
obliteratedadjectiveUS /əˈblɪtəreɪtɪd/
reduced to nothingness
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A vast wave of hatred surged over the man’s soul.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There must be one great killing!
and nothing more
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A vast wave of hatred surged over the man’s soul.
perishverbUS /ˈperɪʃ/
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading A vast wave of hatred surged over the man’s soul.
surgedverbUS /sɜːrdʒd/
past form of “surge” — rise and move, as in waves or billows
From this reading A vast wave of hatred surged over the man’s soul.
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A vast wave of hatred surged over the man’s soul.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
traverseverbUS /ˈtrævərs/
travel across or pass over
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading A vast wave of hatred surged over the man’s soul.
precisely as stated
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There could be no happiness on earth until the Beast was exterminated; male and cub and female, the Beast must perish.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading A vast wave of hatred surged over the man’s soul.
wipedverbUS /waɪpt/
past form of “wipe” — rub with a circular motion
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading With fire and sword, men must traverse the Country of the Beast: not only the Beast, but all his works—his handiwork and his mind-work, the corrupting thought and the corrupting accomplishment—all these must be wiped out, the very memory of them be obliterated.
