used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
(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 The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading If any lack of realisation of their true position had helped them hitherto, it had small chance of surviving this hour.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
banishmentnounUS /ˈbænɪʃmənt/
the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
captivitynounUS /kæpˈtɪvəti/
the state of being imprisoned
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading If any lack of realisation of their true position had helped them hitherto, it had small chance of surviving this hour.
coach-door
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From this reading At the gate they had to pause, a gendarme coming to the coach-door.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading At the gate they had to pause, a gendarme coming to the coach-door.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
encirclingadjectiveUS /enˈsɜːrkəlɪŋ/
being all around the edges; enclosing
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
divisible by two
From this reading No one then said a needless word, not even Roy.
a powerful effect or influence
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
FORTIFIEDadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːrtəfaɪd/
secured with bastions or fortifications
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading At the gate they had to pause, a gendarme coming to the coach-door.
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
gendarmenounUS /ˈʒɑːndɑːrm/
a French policeman
From this reading At the gate they had to pause, a gendarme coming to the coach-door.
gendarmerienoun
French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If any lack of realisation of their true position had helped them hitherto, it had small chance of surviving this hour.
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading If any lack of realisation of their true position had helped them hitherto, it had small chance of surviving this hour.
used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
From this reading If any lack of realisation of their true position had helped them hitherto, it had small chance of surviving this hour.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading If any lack of realisation of their true position had helped them hitherto, it had small chance of surviving this hour.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If any lack of realisation of their true position had helped them hitherto, it had small chance of surviving this hour.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
From this reading If any lack of realisation of their true position had helped them hitherto, it had small chance of surviving this hour.
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
massiveadjectiveUS /ˈmæsɪv/
imposing in size or bulk or solidity
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
needlessadjectiveUS /ˈniːdləs/
unnecessary and unwarranted
From this reading No one then said a needless word, not even Roy.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
not any; not one
From this reading No one then said a needless word, not even Roy.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading No one then said a needless word, not even Roy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one then said a needless word, not even Roy.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading At the gate they had to pause, a gendarme coming to the coach-door.
pervadingverbUS /pərˈveɪdɪŋ/
-ing form of “pervade” — spread or diffuse through
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading If any lack of realisation of their true position had helped them hitherto, it had small chance of surviving this hour.
compacted by ironing
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
realisationnounUS /ˈriːləˈzeɪʃən/
a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
From this reading If any lack of realisation of their true position had helped them hitherto, it had small chance of surviving this hour.
Roy
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From this reading No one then said a needless word, not even Roy.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading No one then said a needless word, not even Roy.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading If any lack of realisation of their true position had helped them hitherto, it had small chance of surviving this hour.
survivingadjectiveUS /sərˈvaɪvɪŋ/
still in existence
From this reading If any lack of realisation of their true position had helped them hitherto, it had small chance of surviving this hour.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading If any lack of realisation of their true position had helped them hitherto, it had small chance of surviving this hour.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading No one then said a needless word, not even Roy.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the gate they had to pause, a gendarme coming to the coach-door.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading If any lack of realisation of their true position had helped them hitherto, it had small chance of surviving this hour.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
VerdunnounUS /ˈvɜːrdən/
a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
plural of “wall” — 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 The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
at the time that
From this reading IN A FORTIFIED TOWN IT was growing dark when at length they drove through the gates into Verdun.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The sense of banishment and of captivity pressed upon them all with a new force at the sight of this fortified town, with its massive encircling walls, its iron gates, its pervading gendarmerie.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading No one then said a needless word, not even Roy.
