used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
agogadjectiveUS /əˈɡɑːɡ/
highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, etc.
From this reading Wantley Manor is stirring busily in each quarter of the house and court, and the whole county likewise is agog.
(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 Now are all the people long awake and out of their beds.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now are all the people long awake and out of their beds.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Now are all the people long awake and out of their beds.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Great White Christmas at Wantley.
awakeadjectiveUS /əˈweɪk/
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading Now are all the people long awake and out of their beds.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
bedsnounUS /bedz/
plural of “bed” — a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Now are all the people long awake and out of their beds.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
busilyadverbUS /ˈbɪzəli/
in a busy manner
From this reading Wantley Manor is stirring busily in each quarter of the house and court, and the whole county likewise is agog.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
capturedverbUS /ˈkæptʃərd/
past form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading The Great White Christmas at Wantley.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
a small house with a single story
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
From this reading Wantley Manor is stirring busily in each quarter of the house and court, and the whole county likewise is agog.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading Wantley Manor is stirring busily in each quarter of the house and court, and the whole county likewise is agog.
DragonnounUS /ˈdræɡən/
a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Wantley Manor is stirring busily in each quarter of the house and court, and the whole county likewise is agog.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
gabledadjectiveUS /ˈɡeɪbəld/
(of a roof) constructed with a single slope on each side of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical triangular portion of an end wall
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The Great White Christmas at Wantley.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Wantley Manor is stirring busily in each quarter of the house and court, and the whole county likewise is agog.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Wantley Manor is stirring busily in each quarter of the house and court, and the whole county likewise is agog.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Wantley Manor is stirring busily in each quarter of the house and court, and the whole county likewise is agog.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
in like or similar manner
From this reading Wantley Manor is stirring busily in each quarter of the house and court, and the whole county likewise is agog.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Now are all the people long awake and out of their beds.
ManornounUS /ˈmænər/
the mansion of a lord or wealthy person
From this reading Wantley Manor is stirring busily in each quarter of the house and court, and the whole county likewise is agog.
miraculousadjectiveUS /mərˈækjələs/
being or having the character of a miracle
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
no person; not anyone
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
noised
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From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now are all the people long awake and out of their beds.
o'clockadverbUS /əˈklɑːk/
according to the clock
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Now are all the people long awake and out of their beds.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Now are all the people long awake and out of their beds.
ParadisenounUS /ˈperədaɪs/
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Now are all the people long awake and out of their beds.
a human being
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
one of four equal parts
From this reading Wantley Manor is stirring busily in each quarter of the house and court, and the whole county likewise is agog.
the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
stirringnounUS /ˈstɜːrɪŋ/
agitating a liquid with an implement
From this reading Wantley Manor is stirring busily in each quarter of the house and court, and the whole county likewise is agog.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
thatchedverbUS /θætʃt/
past form of “thatch” — cover with thatch
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Great White Christmas at Wantley.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Now are all the people long awake and out of their beds.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
Wantley
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From this reading The Great White Christmas at Wantley.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading By seven o'clock this morning it was noised in every thatched cottage and in every gabled hall that the great Dragon had been captured.
whereforeadverbUS /werˈfɔːr/
an old word meaning “why” or “for that reason”
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
a Caucasian
From this reading The Great White Christmas at Wantley.
which person or people
From this reading Some said by Saint George in person, who appeared riding upon a miraculous white horse and speaking a tongue that nobody could understand, wherefore it was held to be the language common in Paradise.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading Wantley Manor is stirring busily in each quarter of the house and court, and the whole county likewise is agog.
