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.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last the prince spoke: “This is a very strange story, Lord Kelso!”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)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 And still nobody said a word.
rid of obstructions
From this reading Below them flowed the clear, green water of the Gluckthal And still nobody said a word.
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 And still nobody said a word.
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 And still nobody said a word.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading Below them flowed the clear, green water of the Gluckthal And still nobody said a word.
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.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At last the prince spoke: “This is a very strange story, Lord Kelso!”
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.
Kelso
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From this reading At last the prince spoke: “This is a very strange story, Lord Kelso!”
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.
immediately past
From this reading At last the prince spoke: “This is a very strange story, Lord Kelso!”
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.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading At last the prince spoke: “This is a very strange story, Lord Kelso!”
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 Below them flowed the clear, green water of the Gluckthal 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 And still nobody said a word.
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.
term of address for a man
From this reading “Very, sir!” said the ambassador.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading At last the prince spoke: “This is a very strange story, Lord Kelso!”
not in physical motion
From this reading Below them flowed the clear, green water of the Gluckthal And still nobody said a word.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading At last the prince spoke: “This is a very strange story, Lord Kelso!”
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading At last the prince spoke: “This is a very strange story, Lord Kelso!”
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 And still nobody said a word.
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.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading At last the prince spoke: “This is a very strange story, Lord Kelso!”
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.
precisely as stated
From this reading At last the prince spoke: “This is a very strange story, Lord Kelso!”
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 And still nobody said a word.
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.
