used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The clack of the train in my head was like the worry of a screw shaft to a sea-sick passenger.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
adaptverbUS /əˈdæpt/
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
From this reading I had to adapt all my reflections to its mechanic monotony.
(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 I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I felt like some stunned animal turning to creep away and bury itself in shadow and solitude.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading I felt like some stunned animal turning to creep away and bury itself in shadow and solitude.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I felt like some stunned animal turning to creep away and bury itself in shadow and solitude.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
beatsnounUS /biːts/
a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
From this reading I could not detach my thoughts from those regular beats.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
buryverbUS /ˈberi/
cover from sight
From this reading I felt like some stunned animal turning to creep away and bury itself in shadow and solitude.
clackverbUS /klæk/
make a rattling sound
From this reading The clack of the train in my head was like the worry of a screw shaft to a sea-sick passenger.
coherencenounUS /koʊˈhɪrəns/
the state of cohering or sticking together
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I could not detach my thoughts from those regular beats.
creepverbUS /kriːp/
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading I felt like some stunned animal turning to creep away and bury itself in shadow and solitude.
detachverbUS /ˈdɪtætʃ/
cause to become detached or separated; take off
From this reading I could not detach my thoughts from those regular beats.
disorderedadjectiveUS /dɪˈsɔːrdərd/
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
fantasticadjectiveUS /fænˈtæstɪk/
ludicrously odd
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I felt like some stunned animal turning to creep away and bury itself in shadow and solitude.
plural of “figure” — a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I could not detach my thoughts from those regular beats.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had to adapt all my reflections to its mechanic monotony.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading The clack of the train in my head was like the worry of a screw shaft to a sea-sick passenger.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading I had to adapt all my reflections to its mechanic monotony.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading I felt like some stunned animal turning to creep away and bury itself in shadow and solitude.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I felt like some stunned animal turning to creep away and bury itself in shadow and solitude.
marshalverbUS /ˈmɑːrʃəl/
place in proper rank
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
mechanicnounUS /məˈkænɪk/
a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools
From this reading I had to adapt all my reflections to its mechanic monotony.
monotonynounUS /məˈnɑːtəni/
the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
From this reading I had to adapt all my reflections to its mechanic monotony.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I could not detach my thoughts from those regular beats.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
passengernounUS /ˈpæsəndʒər/
a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading The clack of the train in my head was like the worry of a screw shaft to a sea-sick passenger.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
re-order
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From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
reflectionsnounUS /rɪˈflekʃənz/
plural of “reflection” — a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
From this reading I had to adapt all my reflections to its mechanic monotony.
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
From this reading I could not detach my thoughts from those regular beats.
riotnounUS /ˈraɪət/
a public act of violence by an unruly mob
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
screwnounUS /skruː/
someone who guards prisoners
From this reading The clack of the train in my head was like the worry of a screw shaft to a sea-sick passenger.
sea-sick
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From this reading The clack of the train in my head was like the worry of a screw shaft to a sea-sick passenger.
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading I felt like some stunned animal turning to creep away and bury itself in shadow and solitude.
shaftnounUS /ʃæft/
a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
From this reading The clack of the train in my head was like the worry of a screw shaft to a sea-sick passenger.
solitudenounUS /ˈsɑːlətuːd/
a state of social isolation
From this reading I felt like some stunned animal turning to creep away and bury itself in shadow and solitude.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
stunnedadjectiveUS /stʌnd/
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
From this reading I felt like some stunned animal turning to creep away and bury itself in shadow and solitude.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading I could not detach my thoughts from those regular beats.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
create by training and teaching
From this reading The clack of the train in my head was like the worry of a screw shaft to a sea-sick passenger.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading I felt like some stunned animal turning to creep away and bury itself in shadow and solitude.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The clack of the train in my head was like the worry of a screw shaft to a sea-sick passenger.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I wanted above all things to be alone; to re-order my disordered thoughts; to marshal into some sort of coherence the fantastic figures which ran riot in my brain.
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading The clack of the train in my head was like the worry of a screw shaft to a sea-sick passenger.
