used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
generally approved or compelling recognition
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
anew
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
at or in the front
From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
AloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading Alone?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Then Atthis circled me in her arms, creeping up behind me and cupping my eyes.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
Atthis
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From this reading Then Atthis circled me in her arms, creeping up behind me and cupping my eyes.
(sometimes followed by “of”) having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
barknounUS /bɑːrk/
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Then Atthis circled me in her arms, creeping up behind me and cupping my eyes.
broodverbUS /bruːd/
think moodily or anxiously about something
From this reading Would I trade places, to brood over Mytilene, for centuries?
centuriesnounUS /ˈsentʃəriz/
plural of “century” — a period of 100 years
From this reading Would I trade places, to brood over Mytilene, for centuries?
circledverbUS /ˈsɜːrkəld/
past form of “circle” — travel around something
From this reading Then Atthis circled me in her arms, creeping up behind me and cupping my eyes.
creepingnounUS /ˈkriːpɪŋ/
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
From this reading Then Atthis circled me in her arms, creeping up behind me and cupping my eyes.
cuppingnoun
a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface
From this reading Then Atthis circled me in her arms, creeping up behind me and cupping my eyes.
defeatnounUS /dɪˈfiːt/
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
envying
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From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Then Atthis circled me in her arms, creeping up behind me and cupping my eyes.
fishingnounUS /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Would I trade places, to brood over Mytilene, for centuries?
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then Atthis circled me in her arms, creeping up behind me and cupping my eyes.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
hillsidenounUS /ˈhɪlsaɪd/
the side or slope of a hill
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
hornyadjectiveUS /ˈhɔːrni/
feeling great sexual desire
From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then Atthis circled me in her arms, creeping up behind me and cupping my eyes.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
lonelinessnounUS /ˈloʊnlinəs/
the state of being alone in solitary isolation
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
longevitynounUS /lɔːnˈdʒevəti/
duration of service
From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
Mytilenenoun
an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry
From this reading Would I trade places, to brood over Mytilene, for centuries?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
oliveadjectiveUS /ˈɑːləv/
of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Would I trade places, to brood over Mytilene, for centuries?
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Would I trade places, to brood over Mytilene, for centuries?
resumptionnounUS /rɪˈzʌmpʃən/
beginning again
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
rubbedverbUS /rʌbd/
inflected form of “rub” — move over something with pressure
From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
seawardadjectiveUS /ˈsiːwərd/
(of winds) coming from the land
From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
smacksnounUS /smæks/
plural of “smack” — a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then Atthis circled me in her arms, creeping up behind me and cupping my eyes.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Would I trade places, to brood over Mytilene, for centuries?
the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
From this reading Would I trade places, to brood over Mytilene, for centuries?
tree's
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From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Then Atthis circled me in her arms, creeping up behind me and cupping my eyes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
in or at the place that
From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading So, that was the resumption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appear again and again.
a late time of life
From this reading There, on the hill, gazing seaward, where fishing smacks moved, I rubbed the horny bark, envying the tree’s longevity and its years ahead.
