Chapter XXXVIII

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

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading There are few places along the Greenland coast from which such large icebergs are discharged as Disco Bay.

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

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading There are few places along the Greenland coast from which such large icebergs are discharged as Disco Bay.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading The view of the southern shore of Disco Island as we crossed the bay was truly magnificent.

past form of “bathe” — cleanse the entire body

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

From this reading The view of the southern shore of Disco Island as we crossed the bay was truly magnificent.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading The icebergs, too, were more than ordinarily beautiful.

emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

lacking funds

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

plural of “cavern” — any large dark enclosed space

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

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From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

plural of “cliff” — a steep high face of rock

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

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From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

the shore of a sea or ocean

From this reading There are few places along the Greenland coast from which such large icebergs are discharged as Disco Bay.

come or bring to a finish or an end

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

placed crosswise

From this reading The view of the southern shore of Disco Island as we crossed the bay was truly magnificent.

having lost your job

From this reading There are few places along the Greenland coast from which such large icebergs are discharged as Disco Bay.

popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques

From this reading The view of the southern shore of Disco Island as we crossed the bay was truly magnificent.

separated in space or coming from or going to a distance

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading There are few places along the Greenland coast from which such large icebergs are discharged as Disco Bay.

a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading There are few places along the Greenland coast from which such large icebergs are discharged as Disco Bay.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

highly enthusiastic

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

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

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark

From this reading There are few places along the Greenland coast from which such large icebergs are discharged as Disco Bay.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

plural of “iceberg” — a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier

From this reading The icebergs, too, were more than ordinarily beautiful.

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

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading The view of the southern shore of Disco Island as we crossed the bay was truly magnificent.

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From this reading JACOBSHAVN.

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

From this reading There are few places along the Greenland coast from which such large icebergs are discharged as Disco Bay.

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 gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

characterized by grandeur

From this reading The view of the southern shore of Disco Island as we crossed the bay was truly magnificent.

a distinguishing symbol

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading The icebergs, too, were more than ordinarily beautiful.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The view of the southern shore of Disco Island as we crossed the bay was truly magnificent.

under normal conditions

From this reading The icebergs, too, were more than ordinarily beautiful.

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading There are few places along the Greenland coast from which such large icebergs are discharged as Disco Bay.

a purple color or pigment

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading The view of the southern shore of Disco Island as we crossed the bay was truly magnificent.

in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading The view of the southern shore of Disco Island as we crossed the bay was truly magnificent.

plural of “streak” — an unbroken series of events

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading There are few places along the Greenland coast from which such large icebergs are discharged as Disco Bay.

the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

great in vertical dimension; high in stature

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading The icebergs, too, were more than ordinarily beautiful.

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

From this reading The view of the southern shore of Disco Island as we crossed the bay was truly magnificent.

in or at that place or location

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

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

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading The icebergs, too, were more than ordinarily beautiful.

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading The view of the southern shore of Disco Island as we crossed the bay was truly magnificent.

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading The view of the southern shore of Disco Island as we crossed the bay was truly magnificent.

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

From this reading The view of the southern shore of Disco Island as we crossed the bay was truly magnificent.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading The view of the southern shore of Disco Island as we crossed the bay was truly magnificent.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

a Caucasian

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.

of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

From this reading The gnarled shore, full of clefts and caverns, was white with the foam of the sea; the great tall cliffs were red with the glowing sun; the distant hills were bathed in purple, and long streaks of bright yellow sandstone, marking the coal-measures, broke in here and there to complete a picture which will be remembered long.