Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

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

From this reading The second year of a new order brings fewer radical changes than the first.

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

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

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

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

-ing form of “attempt” — make an effort or attempt

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

evident without proof or argument

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

plural of “bond” — an electrical force linking atoms

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

the childhood of a boy

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading The second year of a new order brings fewer radical changes than the first.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

From this reading The second year of a new order brings fewer radical changes than the first.

having much or varied color

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

give pleasure to or be pleasing to

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

give expression to

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

(comparative of “few” used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of

From this reading The second year of a new order brings fewer radical changes than the first.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading The second year of a new order brings fewer radical changes than the first.

create by hammering

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

an artful or simulated semblance

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

to an exceedingly great extent or degree

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

a new personification of a familiar idea

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

plural of “instructor” — a person whose occupation is teaching

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

go away from a place

From this reading It was like permitting a natural poet to leave prose, and play with prosody.

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 Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading It was like permitting a natural poet to leave prose, and play with prosody.

plural of “limitation” — a principle that limits the extent of something

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

From this reading It was like permitting a natural poet to leave prose, and play with prosody.

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

From this reading The second year of a new order brings fewer radical changes than the first.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The second year of a new order brings fewer radical changes than the first.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

From this reading The second year of a new order brings fewer radical changes than the first.

a judge of a probate court

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

inflected form of “permit” — consent to, give permission

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

inflected form of “permit” — consent to, give permission

From this reading It was like permitting a natural poet to leave prose, and play with prosody.

participate in games or sport

From this reading It was like permitting a natural poet to leave prose, and play with prosody.

a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading It was like permitting a natural poet to leave prose, and play with prosody.

ordinary writing as distinguished from verse

From this reading It was like permitting a natural poet to leave prose, and play with prosody.

the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

From this reading It was like permitting a natural poet to leave prose, and play with prosody.

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

From this reading The second year of a new order brings fewer radical changes than the first.

plural of “rank” — a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

in a rigid manner

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

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From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading The second year of a new order brings fewer radical changes than the first.

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

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

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

plural of “stranger” — anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

plural of “symptom” — (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading The second year of a new order brings fewer radical changes than the first.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

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

From this reading The second year of a new order brings fewer radical changes than the first.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

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

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

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

From this reading It was like permitting a natural poet to leave prose, and play with prosody.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

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

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

at the time that

From this reading Sometimes, when his thoughts went back to the life he had left, it seemed immensely far away, as though it were really the life of another incarnation, and old ideas that had seemed axiomatic to his boyhood stood before him in the guise of strangers: strangers tattered and vagabond.

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

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

a Caucasian

From this reading Heretofore, his instructors had held him rigidly to the limitations of black and white, but now they took off the bonds, and permitted him the colorful delight of attempting to express himself from the palette.

in the company of; together with

From this reading It was like permitting a natural poet to leave prose, and play with prosody.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Samson's work began to forge out of the ranks of the ordinary, and to show symptoms of a quality which would some day give it distinction.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading The second year of a new order brings fewer radical changes than the first.