used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
(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, all unluckiness!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!
AnselmnounUS /ˈænselm/
an Italian who was a Benedictine monk; was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109; one of the founders of scholasticism; best known for his proof of the existence of God
From this reading Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
cellnounUS /sel/
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading Flying, she had dropped her mantle.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
moving swiftly
From this reading Flying, she had dropped her mantle.
givenadjectiveUS /ˈɡɪvən/
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
mantlenounUS /ˈmæntəl/
the cloak as a symbol of authority
From this reading Flying, she had dropped her mantle.
used to form the superlative
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
Norbert
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From this reading Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
sandalledadjective
shod with sandals
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
terrifiedadjectiveUS /ˈterəfaɪd/
thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
From this reading Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then, all unluckiness!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
unluckiness
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From this reading Then, all unluckiness!
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
at the time that
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
a Caucasian
From this reading Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!
