used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The prince said nothing, the ambassador said nothing, Lady Rosalind said never a word till they were in the drawing-room.
ambassadornounUS /æmˈbæsədər/
a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
From this reading The prince said nothing, the ambassador said nothing, Lady Rosalind said never a word till they were in the drawing-room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
balconynounUS /ˈbælkəni/
an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
BelowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Below them flowed the clear, green water of the Gluckthal.
rid of obstructions
From this reading Below them flowed the clear, green water of the Gluckthal.
drawing-room
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From this reading The prince said nothing, the ambassador said nothing, Lady Rosalind said never a word till they were in the drawing-room.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
flowedverbUS /floʊd/
past form of “flow” — move or progress freely as if in a stream
From this reading Below them flowed the clear, green water of the Gluckthal.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
Gluckthal
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From this reading Below them flowed the clear, green water of the Gluckthal.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading Below them flowed the clear, green water of the Gluckthal.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The prince said nothing, the ambassador said nothing, Lady Rosalind said never a word till they were in the drawing-room.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading The prince said nothing, the ambassador said nothing, Lady Rosalind said never a word till they were in the drawing-room.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading The prince said nothing, the ambassador said nothing, Lady Rosalind said never a word till they were in the drawing-room.
no person; not anyone
From this reading And still nobody said a word.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The prince said nothing, the ambassador said nothing, Lady Rosalind said never a word till they were in the drawing-room.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Below them flowed the clear, green water of the Gluckthal.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading The prince said nothing, the ambassador said nothing, Lady Rosalind said never a word till they were in the drawing-room.
Rosalind
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From this reading The prince said nothing, the ambassador said nothing, Lady Rosalind said never a word till they were in the drawing-room.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The prince said nothing, the ambassador said nothing, Lady Rosalind said never a word till they were in the drawing-room.
not in physical motion
From this reading And still nobody said a word.
SurprisesnounUS /sərˈpraɪzɪz/
plural of “surprise” — the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading _Surprises_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The prince said nothing, the ambassador said nothing, Lady Rosalind said never a word till they were in the drawing-room.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Below them flowed the clear, green water of the Gluckthal.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The prince said nothing, the ambassador said nothing, Lady Rosalind said never a word till they were in the drawing-room.
up to a particular time
From this reading The prince said nothing, the ambassador said nothing, Lady Rosalind said never a word till they were in the drawing-room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Below them flowed the clear, green water of the Gluckthal.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The prince said nothing, the ambassador said nothing, Lady Rosalind said never a word till they were in the drawing-room.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading It was a lovely warm evening, and the French windows were wide open on the balcony, which looked over the town and away north to the hills.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading The prince said nothing, the ambassador said nothing, Lady Rosalind said never a word till they were in the drawing-room.
