Chapter III · Chapter 3

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

From this reading The light of a candle shone through the door of the museum, and the shuffling steps came nearer.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

(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 Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

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

From this reading The light of a candle shone through the door of the museum, and the shuffling steps came nearer.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading He was a big man, very tall and burly, so that in his loose dressing-gown his figure seemed to fill up the whole doorway.

muscular and heavily built

From this reading He was a big man, very tall and burly, so that in his loose dressing-gown his figure seemed to fill up the whole doorway.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading He had a pile of grey, curling hair all round his head, but his face was clean-shaven.

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

From this reading The light of a candle shone through the door of the museum, and the shuffling steps came nearer.

stick of wax with a wick in the middle

From this reading The light of a candle shone through the door of the museum, and the shuffling steps came nearer.

closely shaved recently

From this reading He had a pile of grey, curling hair all round his head, but his face was clean-shaven.

plural of “crease” — an angular or rounded shape made by folding

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target

From this reading He had a pile of grey, curling hair all round his head, but his face was clean-shaven.

having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

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

From this reading The light of a candle shone through the door of the museum, and the shuffling steps came nearer.

the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

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From this reading He was a big man, very tall and burly, so that in his loose dressing-gown his figure seemed to fill up the whole doorway.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

From this reading He was a big man, very tall and burly, so that in his loose dressing-gown his figure seemed to fill up the whole doorway.

make full, also in a metaphorical sense

From this reading He was a big man, very tall and burly, so that in his loose dressing-gown his figure seemed to fill up the whole doorway.

(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

the side that is forward or prominent

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

coins made of gold

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

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

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

From this reading He had a pile of grey, curling hair all round his head, but his face was clean-shaven.

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

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading He had a pile of grey, curling hair all round his head, but his face was clean-shaven.

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

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

of comparatively great physical weight or density

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

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

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

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

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

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

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading The light of a candle shone through the door of the museum, and the shuffling steps came nearer.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

not compact or dense in structure or arrangement

From this reading He was a big man, very tall and burly, so that in his loose dressing-gown his figure seemed to fill up the whole doorway.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading He was a big man, very tall and burly, so that in his loose dressing-gown his figure seemed to fill up the whole doorway.

a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value

From this reading The light of a candle shone through the door of the museum, and the shuffling steps came nearer.

(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance

From this reading The light of a candle shone through the door of the museum, and the shuffling steps came nearer.

the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The light of a candle shone through the door of the museum, and the shuffling steps came nearer.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

a set of two similar things considered as a unit

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

a collection of objects laid on top of each other

From this reading He had a pile of grey, curling hair all round his head, but his face was clean-shaven.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading He had a pile of grey, curling hair all round his head, but his face was clean-shaven.

cut with a saw

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading He was a big man, very tall and burly, so that in his loose dressing-gown his figure seemed to fill up the whole doorway.

inflected form of “shine” — be bright by reflecting or casting light

From this reading The light of a candle shone through the door of the museum, and the shuffling steps came nearer.

walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet

From this reading The light of a candle shone through the door of the museum, and the shuffling steps came nearer.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading He was a big man, very tall and burly, so that in his loose dressing-gown his figure seemed to fill up the whole doorway.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

From this reading The light of a candle shone through the door of the museum, and the shuffling steps came nearer.

great in vertical dimension; high in stature

From this reading He was a big man, very tall and burly, so that in his loose dressing-gown his figure seemed to fill up the whole doorway.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

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

From this reading The light of a candle shone through the door of the museum, and the shuffling steps came nearer.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading The light of a candle shone through the door of the museum, and the shuffling steps came nearer.

propel through the air

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

push forcefully

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

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

From this reading He had to throw his head back to see through the glasses, and that great nose thrust out in front of him like the beak of some sort of fowl.

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

From this reading He was a big man, very tall and burly, so that in his loose dressing-gown his figure seemed to fill up the whole doorway.

precisely as stated

From this reading He was a big man, very tall and burly, so that in his loose dressing-gown his figure seemed to fill up the whole doorway.

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

From this reading He was a big man, very tall and burly, so that in his loose dressing-gown his figure seemed to fill up the whole doorway.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading He was a big man, very tall and burly, so that in his loose dressing-gown his figure seemed to fill up the whole doorway.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Then I saw a face in the doorway, a great, heavy face, all lines and creases, with a huge curving nose, and a pair of gold glasses fixed across it.