the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Permit me to rest, knight, for I am out of breath.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "The road will be to the right behind the forest, and you will soon see the castle from the hill."
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading "The road will be to the right behind the forest, and you will soon see the castle from the hill."
next to; at the side of
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
bouldersnounUS /ˈboʊldərz/
plural of “boulder” — a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading "Permit me to rest, knight, for I am out of breath.
plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It is thawing and foggy, but it is not far now."
a large and stately mansion
From this reading "The road will be to the right behind the forest, and you will soon see the castle from the hill."
direct the course of; manage or control
From this reading "You will conduct me to the road, and then return," replied Jurand.
the first light of day
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading It is thawing and foggy, but it is not far now."
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
foggyadjectiveUS /ˈfɑːɡi/
stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
From this reading It is thawing and foggy, but it is not far now."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Permit me to rest, knight, for I am out of breath.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading "The road will be to the right behind the forest, and you will soon see the castle from the hill."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "The road will be to the right behind the forest, and you will soon see the castle from the hill."
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading "The road will be to the right behind the forest, and you will soon see the castle from the hill."
hiredadjectiveUS /ˈhaɪərd/
having services engaged for a fee
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Permit me to rest, knight, for I am out of breath.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is thawing and foggy, but it is not far now."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is thawing and foggy, but it is not far now."
Jurand
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From this reading "You will conduct me to the road, and then return," replied Jurand.
Jurand's
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From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
and nothing more
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading "Permit me to rest, knight, for I am out of breath.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Permit me to rest, knight, for I am out of breath.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It is thawing and foggy, but it is not far now."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It is thawing and foggy, but it is not far now."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Permit me to rest, knight, for I am out of breath.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Permit me to rest, knight, for I am out of breath.
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading "Permit me to rest, knight, for I am out of breath.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "You will conduct me to the road, and then return," replied Jurand.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading "Permit me to rest, knight, for I am out of breath.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading "You will conduct me to the road, and then return," replied Jurand.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "The road will be to the right behind the forest, and you will soon see the castle from the hill."
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading "You will conduct me to the road, and then return," replied Jurand.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "The road will be to the right behind the forest, and you will soon see the castle from the hill."
in the near future
From this reading "The road will be to the right behind the forest, and you will soon see the castle from the hill."
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
thawingnounUS /ˈθɔːɪŋ/
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
From this reading It is thawing and foggy, but it is not far now."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "You will conduct me to the road, and then return," replied Jurand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
close enough to be walked to
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
at the time that
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
whitenverbUS /ˈwaɪtən/
turn white
From this reading The dawn was just beginning to whiten the trees, bushes and boulders scattered in the fields, when the hired guide, walking beside Jurand's horse, stopped and said:
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "You will conduct me to the road, and then return," replied Jurand.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You will conduct me to the road, and then return," replied Jurand.
