used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Sometimes along the road there would be the picture of a saint in the mossy hollow of a tree, with only the dull gilding left of the weather-beaten paint.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
react verbally
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
Batrina
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From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Sometimes along the road there would be the picture of a saint in the mossy hollow of a tree, with only the dull gilding left of the weather-beaten paint.
plural of “beast” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
ClementadjectiveUS /ˈklemənt/
(of weather or climate) physically mild
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
comradenounUS /ˈkɑːmræd/
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading Sometimes along the road there would be the picture of a saint in the mossy hollow of a tree, with only the dull gilding left of the weather-beaten paint.
every person
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
gaitnounUS /ɡeɪt/
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
gildingnounUS /ˈɡɪldɪŋ/
a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
From this reading Sometimes along the road there would be the picture of a saint in the mossy hollow of a tree, with only the dull gilding left of the weather-beaten paint.
goadverbUS /ɡoʊd/
give heart or courage to
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
coins made of gold
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
gypsiesnounUS /ˈdʒɪpsiz/
plural of “gypsy” — a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
half-naked
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From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
From this reading Sometimes along the road there would be the picture of a saint in the mossy hollow of a tree, with only the dull gilding left of the weather-beaten paint.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
lazyadjectiveUS /ˈleɪzi/
moving slowly and gently
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Sometimes along the road there would be the picture of a saint in the mossy hollow of a tree, with only the dull gilding left of the weather-beaten paint.
a commissioned military officer
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
Marisel
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From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
mossyadjectiveUS /ˈmɔːsi/
overgrown with moss
From this reading Sometimes along the road there would be the picture of a saint in the mossy hollow of a tree, with only the dull gilding left of the weather-beaten paint.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
and nothing more
From this reading Sometimes along the road there would be the picture of a saint in the mossy hollow of a tree, with only the dull gilding left of the weather-beaten paint.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
ox-team
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From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
make a painting
From this reading Sometimes along the road there would be the picture of a saint in the mossy hollow of a tree, with only the dull gilding left of the weather-beaten paint.
peasantnounUS /ˈpezənt/
a country person
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading Sometimes along the road there would be the picture of a saint in the mossy hollow of a tree, with only the dull gilding left of the weather-beaten paint.
picturesqueadjectiveUS /ˈpɪktʃərəsk/
suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
poolnounUS /puːl/
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
questioningadjectiveUS /ˈkwestʃənɪŋ/
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
quickeradverbUS /ˈkwɪkər/
more quickly
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
receivingverbUS /rəˈsiːvɪŋ/
-ing form of “receive” — get something; come into possession of
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading Sometimes along the road there would be the picture of a saint in the mossy hollow of a tree, with only the dull gilding left of the weather-beaten paint.
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading Sometimes along the road there would be the picture of a saint in the mossy hollow of a tree, with only the dull gilding left of the weather-beaten paint.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
SANGA-MOARTA
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From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Sometimes along the road there would be the picture of a saint in the mossy hollow of a tree, with only the dull gilding left of the weather-beaten paint.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
not in physical motion
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
plural of “stranger” — anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading Sometimes along the road there would be the picture of a saint in the mossy hollow of a tree, with only the dull gilding left of the weather-beaten paint.
hard to endure
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
wadeverbUS /weɪd/
walk (through relatively shallow water)
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
Wallachian
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From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
washingnounUS /ˈwɑːʃɪŋ/
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
weather-beatenadjective
tanned and coarsened from being outdoors
From this reading Sometimes along the road there would be the picture of a saint in the mossy hollow of a tree, with only the dull gilding left of the weather-beaten paint.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Clement asked everybody he met if the village were not near, always receiving the same answer that it was still some distance farther.
in or at the place that
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Then there was a pool to wade through, where a half-naked, picturesque company of gypsies washing the gold out of the sand, stared at the questioning strangers like wild beasts.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
(politics) a state of disfavor
From this reading SANGA-MOARTA The Lieutenant and his comrade had already been more than twelve hours in the wilderness of Batrina on their way to Marisel.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Now and then they met a Wallachian peasant with an ox-team; the man shouting to his lazy beasts, trying to goad them into a quicker gait.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Sometimes along the road there would be the picture of a saint in the mossy hollow of a tree, with only the dull gilding left of the weather-beaten paint.
