aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It was found in the river, high up about Wargrave.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
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in addition
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The body of my friend, no longer there, must have been very quietly taken away.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
bedsteadnoun
the framework of a bed
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beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The body of my friend, no longer there, must have been very quietly taken away.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading The body of my friend, no longer there, must have been very quietly taken away.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
either extremity of something that has length
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opinion or judgment
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the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
set up or found
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a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading The body of my friend, no longer there, must have been very quietly taken away.
brought together in one place
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
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headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The body of my friend, no longer there, must have been very quietly taken away.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading It was found in the river, high up about Wargrave.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was found in the river, high up about Wargrave.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was found in the river, high up about Wargrave.
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for more time
From this reading The body of my friend, no longer there, must have been very quietly taken away.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
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inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading I think that I met no one on the stairs.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
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used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The body of my friend, no longer there, must have been very quietly taken away.
belonging to the person speaking
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used when the speaker is also the object of the action
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not any; not one
From this reading The body of my friend, no longer there, must have been very quietly taken away.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I think that I met no one on the stairs.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I think that I met no one on the stairs.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
used of mouth or eyes
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not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
with low volume
From this reading The body of my friend, no longer there, must have been very quietly taken away.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading It was found in the river, high up about Wargrave.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading I think that I met no one on the stairs.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading The body of my friend, no longer there, must have been very quietly taken away.
telegramsnounUS /ˈteləɡræmz/
plural of “telegram” — a message transmitted by telegraph
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I think that I met no one on the stairs.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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in or at that place or location
From this reading The body of my friend, no longer there, must have been very quietly taken away.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I think that I met no one on the stairs.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I gathered up my hat and some telegrams scattered over the floor, and passed out, for the door of the room I found to be now open, so also was the door below.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
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being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading It was found in the river, high up about Wargrave.
precisely as stated
From this reading The body of my friend, no longer there, must have been very quietly taken away.
Wargrave
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From this reading It was found in the river, high up about Wargrave.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was found in the river, high up about Wargrave.
at the time that
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