Chapter XII · The Green Knight

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

From this reading There had come up between himself and the girl he had known slightly in his own town years ago a wall of partition.

in the past

From this reading There had come up between himself and the girl he had known slightly in his own town years ago a wall of partition.

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

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

From this reading When Dan got up well on in the morning, Ruggles had gone to the bank.

the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading There had come up between himself and the girl he had known slightly in his own town years ago a wall of partition.

a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading There had come up between himself and the girl he had known slightly in his own town years ago a wall of partition.

an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

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From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

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From this reading Dan’s thoughts turned from everything to Letty Lane.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

all things; all of a situation

From this reading Dan’s thoughts turned from everything to Letty Lane.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Dan’s thoughts turned from everything to Letty Lane.

a young female

From this reading There had come up between himself and the girl he had known slightly in his own town years ago a wall of partition.

destroyed or killed

From this reading When Dan got up well on in the morning, Ruggles had gone to the bank.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading When Dan got up well on in the morning, Ruggles had gone to the bank.

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

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

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

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading There had come up between himself and the girl he had known slightly in his own town years ago a wall of partition.

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

From this reading With irritation he put her out of his mind.

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

From this reading When Dan got up well on in the morning, Ruggles had gone to the bank.

the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

From this reading With irritation he put her out of his mind.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading There had come up between himself and the girl he had known slightly in his own town years ago a wall of partition.

a narrow way or road

From this reading Dan’s thoughts turned from everything to Letty Lane.

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From this reading Dan’s thoughts turned from everything to Letty Lane.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading With irritation he put her out of his mind.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading When Dan got up well on in the morning, Ruggles had gone to the bank.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading When Dan got up well on in the morning, Ruggles had gone to the bank.

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From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading With irritation he put her out of his mind.

above and across; more than

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

From this reading There had come up between himself and the girl he had known slightly in his own town years ago a wall of partition.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

make a promise or commitment

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading With irritation he put her out of his mind.

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From this reading When Dan got up well on in the morning, Ruggles had gone to the bank.

plural of “ruin” — an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

to a small degree or extent

From this reading There had come up between himself and the girl he had known slightly in his own town years ago a wall of partition.

a worker who stains (wood or fabric)

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

carry out

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

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

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There had come up between himself and the girl he had known slightly in his own town years ago a wall of partition.

plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading Dan’s thoughts turned from everything to Letty Lane.

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

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading There had come up between himself and the girl he had known slightly in his own town years ago a wall of partition.

plural of “tradition” — an inherited pattern of thought or action

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

moved around an axis or center

From this reading Dan’s thoughts turned from everything to Letty Lane.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading When Dan got up well on in the morning, Ruggles had gone to the bank.

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 There had come up between himself and the girl he had known slightly in his own town years ago a wall of partition.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading When Dan got up well on in the morning, Ruggles had gone to the bank.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

at the time that

From this reading When Dan got up well on in the morning, Ruggles had gone to the bank.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

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

From this reading The Duchess of Breakwater had made Dan promise at Osdene the day he went back to London that he would take her over to her own place, Stainer Court, and with her see the beauty, ruins and traditions of the place.

a late time of life

From this reading There had come up between himself and the girl he had known slightly in his own town years ago a wall of partition.