used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Panama sweltered in a blaze of summer sunshine.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
blazenounUS /bleɪz/
a strong flame that burns brightly
From this reading Panama sweltered in a blaze of summer sunshine.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
couchnounUS /kaʊtʃ/
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
dartsnounUS /dɑːrts/
a game in which small pointed missiles are thrown at a dartboard
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
dazzledadjectiveUS /ˈdæzəld/
having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
excellencynounUS /ˈekˈslensi/
a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by “Your” or “His” or “Her”
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
fannedadjectiveUS /fænd/
especially spread in a fan shape
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
fieryadjectiveUS /ˈfaɪəri/
characterized by intense emotion
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
furnacenounUS /ˈfɜːrnəs/
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
From this reading The place reeked with heat like a furnace.
glarenounUS /ɡler/
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
the head of a state government
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
harbourverbUS /ˈhɑːrbər/
secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading The place reeked with heat like a furnace.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN PANAMA.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The place reeked with heat like a furnace.
mirrornounUS /ˈmɪrər/
polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
not any; not one
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Panama sweltered in a blaze of summer sunshine.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
palmnounUS /pɑːm/
the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
PANAMAnounUS /ˈpænəmɑː/
a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903
From this reading IN PANAMA.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The place reeked with heat like a furnace.
affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
reeked
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From this reading The place reeked with heat like a furnace.
(especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
sentinelnounUS /ˈsentənəl/
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
plural of “slave” — a person who is owned by someone
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading Panama sweltered in a blaze of summer sunshine.
the rays of the sun
From this reading Panama sweltered in a blaze of summer sunshine.
swelteredverbUS /ˈsweltərd/
past form of “swelter” — be uncomfortably hot
From this reading Panama sweltered in a blaze of summer sunshine.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The place reeked with heat like a furnace.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
an old and formal word for “while”
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
a Caucasian
From this reading The smooth sea reflected the glare like a mirror; the white houses dazzled the eyes, and sent fiery darts of pain through them to the brain.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading The harbour showed no sign of life, the sentinel at the castle nodded at his post, and his excellency the governor lay stretched on a couch at an open window, whilst two slaves fanned him with palm leaves.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The place reeked with heat like a furnace.
