used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
anew
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
how long something has existed
From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
the act of discovering something
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
divisible by two
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
the quality of being important and worthy of note
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
incredulitynounUS /ˌɪnkrəˈduːlɪti/
doubt about the truth of something
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
parrotnounUS /ˈperət/
usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
the time that has elapsed
From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
Peyron
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From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
revelationnounUS /ˌrevəˈleɪʃən/
the speech act of making something evident
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
seventeenth-century
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From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
surmiseverbUS /sərˈmaɪz/
infer from incomplete evidence
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
TANTALIZINGadjectiveUS /ˈtæntəlaɪzɪŋ/
arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach
From this reading TANTALIZING, VERY.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
not expected or anticipated
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
precisely as stated
From this reading TANTALIZING, VERY.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
which person or people
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
in the company of; together with
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
wokeverbUS /woʊk/
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
