Chapter VII · Chapter 7

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

commonly used or practiced; usual

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

(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 To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

plural of “bean” — any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

plural of “beet” — biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

at or toward the back of something

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

From this reading The land here is flat, largely of a swampy nature, covered mostly with a thick growth of saplings, ferns and bushes.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

a city in southwestern New Jersey on the Delaware River near Philadelphia

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

past form of “contrast” — put in opposition to show or emphasize differences

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form

From this reading The land here is flat, largely of a swampy nature, covered mostly with a thick growth of saplings, ferns and bushes.

(of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

operate or control a vehicle

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

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From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

past form of “enter” — to come or go into

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

plural of “fern” — any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores

From this reading The land here is flat, largely of a swampy nature, covered mostly with a thick growth of saplings, ferns and bushes.

transport from one place to another

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

From this reading The land here is flat, largely of a swampy nature, covered mostly with a thick growth of saplings, ferns and bushes.

a formation of aircraft in flight

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

the cultivation of plants

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

acknowledged as a supposition

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

in a gradual manner

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

(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 The land here is flat, largely of a swampy nature, covered mostly with a thick growth of saplings, ferns and bushes.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading The land here is flat, largely of a swampy nature, covered mostly with a thick growth of saplings, ferns and bushes.

to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

arousing or holding the attention

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

situated within or suitable for inside a building

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

tiresomely long; seemingly without end

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading The land here is flat, largely of a swampy nature, covered mostly with a thick growth of saplings, ferns and bushes.

in large part; mainly or chiefly

From this reading The land here is flat, largely of a swampy nature, covered mostly with a thick growth of saplings, ferns and bushes.

the act of departing

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

plural of “melon” — any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

formed or united into a whole

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

in large part; mainly or chiefly

From this reading The land here is flat, largely of a swampy nature, covered mostly with a thick growth of saplings, ferns and bushes.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading The land here is flat, largely of a swampy nature, covered mostly with a thick growth of saplings, ferns and bushes.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

plural of “oat” — annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: “oats”)

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

forward in time or order or degree

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

above and across; more than

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

plural of “potato” — an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

the event of something being raised upward

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

the extended spatial location of something

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

an established line of travel or access

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

plural of “row” — an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

plural of “sapling” — young tree

From this reading The land here is flat, largely of a swampy nature, covered mostly with a thick growth of saplings, ferns and bushes.

a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

to a small degree or extent

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

in a sparse way

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

in a strange manner

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

plural of “surprise” — the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

(of soil) soft and watery

From this reading The land here is flat, largely of a swampy nature, covered mostly with a thick growth of saplings, ferns and bushes.

having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions

From this reading The land here is flat, largely of a swampy nature, covered mostly with a thick growth of saplings, ferns and bushes.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

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From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

precisely as stated

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Leaving Camden, which is reached by ferry across the Delaware from Philadelphia, the road traverses many miles of level, sandy country which is almost entirely given over to truck gardening and poultry raising.

which person or people

From this reading To those who all their lives have been accustomed to fields of wheat, oats and corn the almost interminable rows of beets, beans, sweet potatoes and melons are very interesting.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading Proceeding onward through this highly cultivated section by a somewhat circuitous route, there was gradually entered as day merged into night, a wild, sparsely cultivated region which contrasted strangely with the orderly acres left behind.

in the company of; together with

From this reading HURRIED FLIGHT THROUGH NEW JERSEY An eight-hour drive through the interior of New Jersey is attended with much interest and some surprises.