22
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From this reading It was now the 22d of December.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading To add to the discomfort of our travellers, the horses, from poor and scanty fare, had become too weak to be able longer to carry their allotted burdens.
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading To add to the discomfort of our travellers, the horses, from poor and scanty fare, had become too weak to be able longer to carry their allotted burdens.
allottedadjectiveUS /əˈlɑːtɪd/
given as a task
From this reading To add to the discomfort of our travellers, the horses, from poor and scanty fare, had become too weak to be able longer to carry their allotted burdens.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To add to the discomfort of our travellers, the horses, from poor and scanty fare, had become too weak to be able longer to carry their allotted burdens.
have
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading To add to the discomfort of our travellers, the horses, from poor and scanty fare, had become too weak to be able longer to carry their allotted burdens.
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
bleakadjectiveUS /bliːk/
offering little or no hope
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
burdensnounUS /ˈbɜːrdənz/
plural of “burden” — an onerous or difficult concern
From this reading To add to the discomfort of our travellers, the horses, from poor and scanty fare, had become too weak to be able longer to carry their allotted burdens.
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading To add to the discomfort of our travellers, the horses, from poor and scanty fare, had become too weak to be able longer to carry their allotted burdens.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
traveling across
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading It was now the 22d of December.
DecembernounUS /dɪˈsembər/
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading It was now the 22d of December.
discomfortnounUS /dɪˈskʌmfərt/
the state of being tense and feeling pain
From this reading To add to the discomfort of our travellers, the horses, from poor and scanty fare, had become too weak to be able longer to carry their allotted burdens.
drearilyadverb
in a cheerless manner
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
farenounUS /fer/
an agenda of things to do
From this reading To add to the discomfort of our travellers, the horses, from poor and scanty fare, had become too weak to be able longer to carry their allotted burdens.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
frozeverbUS /froʊz/
inflected form of “freeze” — stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
frozenadjectiveUS /ˈfroʊzən/
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading To add to the discomfort of our travellers, the horses, from poor and scanty fare, had become too weak to be able longer to carry their allotted burdens.
hazardousadjectiveUS /ˈhæzərdəs/
involving risk or danger
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Remounting their horses, our little party once more took their weary way through the wilderness.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was now the 22d of December.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Remounting their horses, our little party once more took their weary way through the wilderness.
for more time
From this reading To add to the discomfort of our travellers, the horses, from poor and scanty fare, had become too weak to be able longer to carry their allotted burdens.
moanedverbUS /moʊnd/
past form of “moan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Remounting their horses, our little party once more took their weary way through the wilderness.
nakedadjectiveUS /ˈneɪkəd/
completely unclothed
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It was now the 22d of December.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was now the 22d of December.
many times at short intervals
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
on one occasion
From this reading Remounting their horses, our little party once more took their weary way through the wilderness.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Remounting their horses, our little party once more took their weary way through the wilderness.
causing physical or psychological pain
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading Remounting their horses, our little party once more took their weary way through the wilderness.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading To add to the discomfort of our travellers, the horses, from poor and scanty fare, had become too weak to be able longer to carry their allotted burdens.
Remounting
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From this reading Remounting their horses, our little party once more took their weary way through the wilderness.
past form of “render” — cause to become
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
scantyadjectiveUS /ˈskænti/
lacking in magnitude or quantity
From this reading To add to the discomfort of our travellers, the horses, from poor and scanty fare, had become too weak to be able longer to carry their allotted burdens.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
streamsnounUS /striːmz/
plural of “stream” — a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Remounting their horses, our little party once more took their weary way through the wilderness.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Remounting their horses, our little party once more took their weary way through the wilderness.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Remounting their horses, our little party once more took their weary way through the wilderness.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Remounting their horses, our little party once more took their weary way through the wilderness.
travellersnounUS /ˈtrævələrz/
plural of “traveller” — a person who changes location
From this reading To add to the discomfort of our travellers, the horses, from poor and scanty fare, had become too weak to be able longer to carry their allotted burdens.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was now the 22d of December.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Remounting their horses, our little party once more took their weary way through the wilderness.
wanting in physical strength
From this reading To add to the discomfort of our travellers, the horses, from poor and scanty fare, had become too weak to be able longer to carry their allotted burdens.
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading Remounting their horses, our little party once more took their weary way through the wilderness.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
(politics) a state of disfavor
From this reading Remounting their horses, our little party once more took their weary way through the wilderness.
plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees.
but in spite of that
From this reading The forest streams were frozen from bank to bank, yet often too thin to bear the weight of the horses; which rendered their crossing painful and hazardous indeed.
