Chapter XXI

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

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

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

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading “The thickness of the tower would prevent any one from seeing it from below.

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

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading “That light can not be visible from the plain,” said Fabrizio to himself.

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading “The thickness of the tower would prevent any one from seeing it from below.

emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading “That light can not be visible from the plain,” said Fabrizio to himself.

past form of “chance” — be the case by chance

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

separated in space or coming from or going to a distance

From this reading It must be a signal to some distant point.”

to an extreme degree

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

opinion or judgment

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

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From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

a city in northern Italy

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

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

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

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

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

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

From this reading “That light can not be visible from the plain,” said Fabrizio to himself.

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

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

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

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading “The thickness of the tower would prevent any one from seeing it from below.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

move something or somebody to a lower position

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading It must be a signal to some distant point.”

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading “That light can not be visible from the plain,” said Fabrizio to himself.

an announcement containing information about an event

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

according to the clock

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

an open or empty space in or between things

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

above and across; more than

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

situated in a particular spot or position

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading “That light can not be visible from the plain,” said Fabrizio to himself.

a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading It must be a signal to some distant point.”

keep from happening or arising; make impossible

From this reading “The thickness of the tower would prevent any one from seeing it from below.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading “That light can not be visible from the plain,” said Fabrizio to himself.

a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

perception by means of the eyes

From this reading “The thickness of the tower would prevent any one from seeing it from below.

from appearances alone

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message

From this reading It must be a signal to some distant point.”

inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

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

From this reading It must be a signal to some distant point.”

plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “That light can not be visible from the plain,” said Fabrizio to himself.

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

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

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

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width

From this reading “The thickness of the tower would prevent any one from seeing it from below.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

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

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

the upper part of anything

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

in the direction of

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

precisely as stated

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

capable of being seen; or open to easy view

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

past form of “wander” — move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

From this reading As his eyes wandered over the country lying toward the lower Po and Ferrara, they chanced to notice a very small, but exceedingly bright, light, seemingly placed on the top of a tower.

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

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading One morning, toward one o’clock, Fabrizio, stretched upon his window-sill, had slipped his head through the opening he had made in the screen, and was gazing at the stars, and at the wide horizon visible from the top of the Farnese Tower.

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

From this reading “The thickness of the tower would prevent any one from seeing it from below.