used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
afaradverbUS /əˈfɑːr/
(old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
From this reading Yet behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar, Some white tremendous daybreak."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Yet behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar, Some white tremendous daybreak."
on the far side of; further than
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
BROOKEnounUS /brʊk/
English lyric poet (1887-1915)
From this reading RUPERT BROOKE.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
daybreaknounUS /ˈdeɪbreɪk/
the first light of day
From this reading Yet behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar, Some white tremendous daybreak."
detailnounUS /dɪˈteɪl/
an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
lacking in light; not bright or harsh
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
earlyadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrli/
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
at any time
From this reading Sets your star, O heart, for ever?
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
ExileverbUS /ˈeɡzaɪl/
expel from a country
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
opinion or judgment
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Sets your star, O heart, for ever?
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Yet behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar, Some white tremendous daybreak."
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Sets your star, O heart, for ever?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
IIInoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
immortalitynounUS /ˌɪmɔːrˈtælɪti/
the quality or state of being immortal
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
Lizzie
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From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
LIZZIE'S
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From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Yet behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar, Some white tremendous daybreak."
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Sets your star, O heart, for ever?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
RUPERTnounUS /ˈruːpərt/
English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)
From this reading RUPERT BROOKE.
cut with a saw
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
SetsnounUS /sets/
plural of “set” — a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
From this reading Sets your star, O heart, for ever?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Yet behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar, Some white tremendous daybreak."
in or at or to some place
From this reading Yet behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar, Some white tremendous daybreak."
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading Sets your star, O heart, for ever?
(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
with strength or in a strong manner
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
From this reading Yet behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar, Some white tremendous daybreak."
unbornadjectiveUS /ˈʌnˈbɔːrn/
not yet brought into existence
From this reading Yet behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar, Some white tremendous daybreak."
undesirousadjective
having or feeling no desire
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
WaitsnounUS /weɪts/
plural of “wait” — time during which some action is awaited
From this reading Yet behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar, Some white tremendous daybreak."
wakingadjectiveUS /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading I That night Lizzie had a dream and, waking in the early hours of the grey dim morning, saw before her every detail of it.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
a Caucasian
From this reading Yet behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar, Some white tremendous daybreak."
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading LIZZIE'S JOURNEY--III "Exile of immortality, strongly wise, Strain through the dark with undesirous eyes, To what may be beyond it.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar, Some white tremendous daybreak."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Sets your star, O heart, for ever?
