Chapter I

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

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

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

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading And animals like the tigers and giraffes which chased each other round his bedroom wall paper.

the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

From this reading Behind the house was a white barn with a green door, and beside the barn to the west lay the orchard enclosed by a gray stone wall.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading There must be, he thought, great cities and seas and mountains.

a room used primarily for sleeping

From this reading And animals like the tigers and giraffes which chased each other round his bedroom wall paper.

at or toward the back of something

From this reading Behind the house was a white barn with a green door, and beside the barn to the west lay the orchard enclosed by a gray stone wall.

next to; at the side of

From this reading Behind the house was a white barn with a green door, and beside the barn to the west lay the orchard enclosed by a gray stone wall.

on the far side of; further than

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Behind the house was a white barn with a green door, and beside the barn to the west lay the orchard enclosed by a gray stone wall.

(Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

a person who is being chased

From this reading And animals like the tigers and giraffes which chased each other round his bedroom wall paper.

plural of “city” — a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading There must be, he thought, great cities and seas and mountains.

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading Behind the house was a white barn with a green door, and beside the barn to the west lay the orchard enclosed by a gray stone wall.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading And animals like the tigers and giraffes which chased each other round his bedroom wall paper.

any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

closed in or surrounded or included within

From this reading Behind the house was a white barn with a green door, and beside the barn to the west lay the orchard enclosed by a gray stone wall.

be a farmer; work as a farmer

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

any creature of exceptional size

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

plural of “giraffe” — tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa

From this reading And animals like the tigers and giraffes which chased each other round his bedroom wall paper.

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

From this reading Behind the house was a white barn with a green door, and beside the barn to the west lay the orchard enclosed by a gray stone wall.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading There must be, he thought, great cities and seas and mountains.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading Behind the house was a white barn with a green door, and beside the barn to the west lay the orchard enclosed by a gray stone wall.

any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

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

From this reading There must be, he thought, great cities and seas and mountains.

a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.

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

From this reading And animals like the tigers and giraffes which chased each other round his bedroom wall paper.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

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

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Behind the house was a white barn with a green door, and beside the barn to the west lay the orchard enclosed by a gray stone wall.

to incline or bend from a vertical position

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading And animals like the tigers and giraffes which chased each other round his bedroom wall paper.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.

past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading There must be, he thought, great cities and seas and mountains.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading There must be, he thought, great cities and seas and mountains.

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.

a child's room for a baby

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

many times at short intervals

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.

garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth

From this reading Behind the house was a white barn with a green door, and beside the barn to the west lay the orchard enclosed by a gray stone wall.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading And animals like the tigers and giraffes which chased each other round his bedroom wall paper.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.

a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

From this reading And animals like the tigers and giraffes which chased each other round his bedroom wall paper.

Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520)

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading And animals like the tigers and giraffes which chased each other round his bedroom wall paper.

plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading There must be, he thought, great cities and seas and mountains.

protected from danger or bad weather

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.

A person who claims or is believed to have magical powers; a wizard of dark enchantments.

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading Behind the house was a white barn with a green door, and beside the barn to the west lay the orchard enclosed by a gray stone wall.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.

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

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There must be, he thought, great cities and seas and mountains.

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

From this reading There must be, he thought, great cities and seas and mountains.

a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students

From this reading And animals like the tigers and giraffes which chased each other round his bedroom wall paper.

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

From this reading Behind the house was a white barn with a green door, and beside the barn to the west lay the orchard enclosed by a gray stone wall.

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 GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

having tucked or being tucked

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

From this reading Behind the house was a white barn with a green door, and beside the barn to the west lay the orchard enclosed by a gray stone wall.

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

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading Behind the house was a white barn with a green door, and beside the barn to the west lay the orchard enclosed by a gray stone wall.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

a Caucasian

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.

a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.

in the company of; together with

From this reading THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees.

the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.

covered with growing trees and bushes etc

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Often Raphael would lean out of the nursery window and wonder what lay beyond the wooded hill that sheltered the little farm from the north wind.