used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He made a step toward David, his hands clenched more tightly and his whole hulk growing tense.
anew
From this reading It was Brokaw's voice again, turning the words round but repeating them.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He made a step toward David, his hands clenched more tightly and his whole hulk growing tense.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
blazingadjectiveUS /ˈbleɪzɪŋ/
shining intensely
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
Brokaw's
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From this reading It was Brokaw's voice again, turning the words round but repeating them.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was Brokaw's voice again, turning the words round but repeating them.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "_Sakewawin!_ What did she mean when she called you that?"
clenchedadjectiveUS /klentʃt/
closed or squeezed together tightly
From this reading He made a step toward David, his hands clenched more tightly and his whole hulk growing tense.
clingverbUS /klɪŋ/
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
colossusnounUS /kəˈlɑːsəs/
someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
From this reading _Sakewawin!_ A pretty name for himself, he had told the girl--and here it was raising the very devil with this drink-bloated colossus.
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading He made a step toward David, his hands clenched more tightly and his whole hulk growing tense.
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading _Sakewawin!_ A pretty name for himself, he had told the girl--and here it was raising the very devil with this drink-bloated colossus.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "_Sakewawin!_ What did she mean when she called you that?"
drink-bloated
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From this reading _Sakewawin!_ A pretty name for himself, he had told the girl--and here it was raising the very devil with this drink-bloated colossus.
opinion or judgment
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
filmnounUS /fɪlm/
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Sakewawin!_ A pretty name for himself, he had told the girl--and here it was raising the very devil with this drink-bloated colossus.
a young female
From this reading _Sakewawin!_ A pretty name for himself, he had told the girl--and here it was raising the very devil with this drink-bloated colossus.
(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 He made a step toward David, his hands clenched more tightly and his whole hulk growing tense.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _Sakewawin!_ A pretty name for himself, he had told the girl--and here it was raising the very devil with this drink-bloated colossus.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading He made a step toward David, his hands clenched more tightly and his whole hulk growing tense.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He made a step toward David, his hands clenched more tightly and his whole hulk growing tense.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading _Sakewawin!_ A pretty name for himself, he had told the girl--and here it was raising the very devil with this drink-bloated colossus.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading _Sakewawin!_ A pretty name for himself, he had told the girl--and here it was raising the very devil with this drink-bloated colossus.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He made a step toward David, his hands clenched more tightly and his whole hulk growing tense.
provoking horror
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
hulknounUS /hʌlk/
a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
From this reading He made a step toward David, his hands clenched more tightly and his whole hulk growing tense.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Brokaw's voice again, turning the words round but repeating them.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He made a step toward David, his hands clenched more tightly and his whole hulk growing tense.
any art that invokes supernatural powers
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "_Sakewawin!_ What did she mean when she called you that?"
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading He made a step toward David, his hands clenched more tightly and his whole hulk growing tense.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading _Sakewawin!_ A pretty name for himself, he had told the girl--and here it was raising the very devil with this drink-bloated colossus.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading _Sakewawin!_ A pretty name for himself, he had told the girl--and here it was raising the very devil with this drink-bloated colossus.
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading _Sakewawin!_ A pretty name for himself, he had told the girl--and here it was raising the very devil with this drink-bloated colossus.
repeatingnounUS /rɪˈpiːtɪŋ/
the act of doing or performing again
From this reading It was Brokaw's voice again, turning the words round but repeating them.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading It was Brokaw's voice again, turning the words round but repeating them.
Sakewawin
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From this reading "_Sakewawin!_ What did she mean when she called you that?"
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "_Sakewawin!_ What did she mean when she called you that?"
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading He made a step toward David, his hands clenched more tightly and his whole hulk growing tense.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
tensenounUS /tens/
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
From this reading He made a step toward David, his hands clenched more tightly and his whole hulk growing tense.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "_Sakewawin!_ What did she mean when she called you that?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was Brokaw's voice again, turning the words round but repeating them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was Brokaw's voice again, turning the words round but repeating them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Sakewawin!_ A pretty name for himself, he had told the girl--and here it was raising the very devil with this drink-bloated colossus.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
tightlyadverbUS /ˈtaɪtli/
in a tight or constricted manner
From this reading He made a step toward David, his hands clenched more tightly and his whole hulk growing tense.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading _Sakewawin!_ A pretty name for himself, he had told the girl--and here it was raising the very devil with this drink-bloated colossus.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading He made a step toward David, his hands clenched more tightly and his whole hulk growing tense.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading It was Brokaw's voice again, turning the words round but repeating them.
precisely as stated
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading It was Brokaw's voice again, turning the words round but repeating them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Brokaw's voice again, turning the words round but repeating them.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His eyes, blazing as if through a very thin film of water--water that seemed to cling there by some strange magic--were horrible, David thought.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "_Sakewawin!_ What did she mean when she called you that?"
at the time that
From this reading "_Sakewawin!_ What did she mean when she called you that?"
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading He made a step toward David, his hands clenched more tightly and his whole hulk growing tense.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Sakewawin!_ A pretty name for himself, he had told the girl--and here it was raising the very devil with this drink-bloated colossus.
the words that are spoken
From this reading It was Brokaw's voice again, turning the words round but repeating them.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "_Sakewawin!_ What did she mean when she called you that?"
