Chapter XIX · A Den of the Underworld

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

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

later than; following

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

(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 He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

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

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

a formal organization of people or groups of people

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

From this reading From his motionless attitude and his staring eyes, one might have thought him in a trance.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

the event consisting of the start of something

From this reading He told it, too, from beginning to end; from the school fire to the discovery of Ben Zook, dead upon his island.

a mountain or tall hill

From this reading He told it, too, from beginning to end; from the school fire to the discovery of Ben Zook, dead upon his island.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

a stiff moderately thick paper

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

a seat for one person, with a support for the back

From this reading When the story had ended Pant sat for a long time slumped down in his chair.

a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading He told it, too, from beginning to end; from the school fire to the discovery of Ben Zook, dead upon his island.

the act of discovering something

From this reading He told it, too, from beginning to end; from the school fire to the discovery of Ben Zook, dead upon his island.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading He told it, too, from beginning to end; from the school fire to the discovery of Ben Zook, dead upon his island.

having come or been brought to a conclusion

From this reading When the story had ended Pant sat for a long time slumped down in his chair.

opinion or judgment

From this reading From his motionless attitude and his staring eyes, one might have thought him in a trance.

start firing a weapon

From this reading He told it, too, from beginning to end; from the school fire to the discovery of Ben Zook, dead upon his island.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading When the story had ended Pant sat for a long time slumped down in his chair.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

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

From this reading When the story had ended Pant sat for a long time slumped down in his chair.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading From his motionless attitude and his staring eyes, one might have thought him in a trance.

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

From this reading He told it, too, from beginning to end; from the school fire to the discovery of Ben Zook, dead upon his island.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading From his motionless attitude and his staring eyes, one might have thought him in a trance.

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

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

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

From this reading When the story had ended Pant sat for a long time slumped down in his chair.

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading He told it, too, from beginning to end; from the school fire to the discovery of Ben Zook, dead upon his island.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading He told it, too, from beginning to end; from the school fire to the discovery of Ben Zook, dead upon his island.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

and nothing more

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

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 When the story had ended Pant sat for a long time slumped down in his chair.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading From his motionless attitude and his staring eyes, one might have thought him in a trance.

not in physical motion

From this reading From his motionless attitude and his staring eyes, one might have thought him in a trance.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

on one occasion

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading From his motionless attitude and his staring eyes, one might have thought him in a trance.

and nothing more

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

From this reading When the story had ended Pant sat for a long time slumped down in his chair.

marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

walk as if unable to control one's movements

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

an educational institution

From this reading He told it, too, from beginning to end; from the school fire to the discovery of Ben Zook, dead upon his island.

a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

A flat horizontal plane used to hold books or scrolls in a library.

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

past form of “slump” — assume a drooping posture or carriage

From this reading When the story had ended Pant sat for a long time slumped down in his chair.

(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder

From this reading From his motionless attitude and his staring eyes, one might have thought him in a trance.

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

the act of someone who picks up or takes something

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

express in words

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

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

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

in or at that place or location

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading From his motionless attitude and his staring eyes, one might have thought him in a trance.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading When the story had ended Pant sat for a long time slumped down in his chair.

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

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading He told it, too, from beginning to end; from the school fire to the discovery of Ben Zook, dead upon his island.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading He told it, too, from beginning to end; from the school fire to the discovery of Ben Zook, dead upon his island.

a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

From this reading From his motionless attitude and his staring eyes, one might have thought him in a trance.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading He told it, too, from beginning to end; from the school fire to the discovery of Ben Zook, dead upon his island.

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

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

at the time that

From this reading When the story had ended Pant sat for a long time slumped down in his chair.

in the company of; together with

From this reading He came out of this with a start and at once began to reel off to Johnny the story he had just been told; only now there was association, connection, and a proper sequence to it all.

the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition

From this reading After dragging the Zoo telephone from its box and taking the scrap of black cardboard from a shelf, Johnny sat down to tell his story.

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From this reading He told it, too, from beginning to end; from the school fire to the discovery of Ben Zook, dead upon his island.