used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He puzzled and puzzled in a muddled way, but seemed to get no nearer the solution.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
(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 Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He puzzled and puzzled in a muddled way, but seemed to get no nearer the solution.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
to a severe or serious degree
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
breatheverbUS /briːð/
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He puzzled and puzzled in a muddled way, but seemed to get no nearer the solution.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading He puzzled and puzzled in a muddled way, but seemed to get no nearer the solution.
the act of departing
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He puzzled and puzzled in a muddled way, but seemed to get no nearer the solution.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He puzzled and puzzled in a muddled way, but seemed to get no nearer the solution.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Why was it?--why was it?
JaggernounUS /ˈdʒæɡər/
English rock star (born in 1943)
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
and nothing more
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
kickedverbUS /kɪkt/
past form of “kick” — drive or propel with the foot
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
lanthorn
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From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
lighthousenounUS /ˈlaɪthaʊs/
a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
provided with artificial light
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
muddledadjectiveUS /ˈmʌdəld/
confused and vague; used especially of thinking
From this reading He puzzled and puzzled in a muddled way, but seemed to get no nearer the solution.
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading He puzzled and puzzled in a muddled way, but seemed to get no nearer the solution.
not any; not one
From this reading He puzzled and puzzled in a muddled way, but seemed to get no nearer the solution.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
on one occasion
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
past form of “plunge” — thrust or throw into
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
posturenounUS /ˈpɑːstʃər/
the arrangement of the body and its limbs
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
filled with bewilderment
From this reading He puzzled and puzzled in a muddled way, but seemed to get no nearer the solution.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading He puzzled and puzzled in a muddled way, but seemed to get no nearer the solution.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
smellingnounUS /ˈsmelɪŋ/
the act of perceiving the odor of something
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
solutionnounUS /səˈluːʃən/
a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution
From this reading He puzzled and puzzled in a muddled way, but seemed to get no nearer the solution.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
in the near future
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
not in physical motion
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
stupornounUS /ˈstuːpər/
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He puzzled and puzzled in a muddled way, but seemed to get no nearer the solution.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was the light still coming and going and smelling badly, and making him so hot that he felt as if he could not breathe.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He puzzled and puzzled in a muddled way, but seemed to get no nearer the solution.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Why was it?--why was it?
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading He puzzled and puzzled in a muddled way, but seemed to get no nearer the solution.
at the time that
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
in or at the place that
From this reading For he knew now that it was not the lighthouse lanthorn on Jagger Rock ten miles away, but the common lanthorn he had brought down into the mine some time before, and set about ten feet off, where it could not be kicked over when they turned over in their sleep--the sleep into which he had plunged at once as if into a stupor.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Then the solution came like a flash, which lit up his mind just as all was black darkness; and in spite of the agony he felt as soon as he moved, he started up into a sitting posture, and then made for the light.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why was it?--why was it?
