used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Not a seat was vacant.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
adjunctnounUS /ˈædʒʌŋkt/
something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
From this reading The curtain rolled up to disclose a narrowed stage and the cheap, garish scenery that seems a necessary adjunct to the opera in Italy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
artificiallyadverbUS /ˌɑːrtəˈfɪʃəli/
not according to nature; not by natural means
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
a particular environment or surrounding influence
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading For to-night a famous composer was conducting his masterpiece with a picked company brought over for a fleeting visit to England.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
cheapadjectiveUS /tʃiːp/
relatively low in price or charging low prices
From this reading The curtain rolled up to disclose a narrowed stage and the cheap, garish scenery that seems a necessary adjunct to the opera in Italy.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading For to-night a famous composer was conducting his masterpiece with a picked company brought over for a fleeting visit to England.
composernounUS /kəmˈpoʊzər/
someone who composes music as a profession
From this reading For to-night a famous composer was conducting his masterpiece with a picked company brought over for a fleeting visit to England.
conductingnounUS /kənˈdʌktɪŋ/
the way of administering a business
From this reading For to-night a famous composer was conducting his masterpiece with a picked company brought over for a fleeting visit to England.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
discloseverbUS /dɪˈskloʊz/
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
From this reading The curtain rolled up to disclose a narrowed stage and the cheap, garish scenery that seems a necessary adjunct to the opera in Italy.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading For to-night a famous composer was conducting his masterpiece with a picked company brought over for a fleeting visit to England.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading For to-night a famous composer was conducting his masterpiece with a picked company brought over for a fleeting visit to England.
fleetingadjectiveUS /ˈfliːtɪŋ/
lasting for a markedly brief time
From this reading For to-night a famous composer was conducting his masterpiece with a picked company brought over for a fleeting visit to England.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For to-night a famous composer was conducting his masterpiece with a picked company brought over for a fleeting visit to England.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
garishadjectiveUS /ˈɡerɪʃ/
tastelessly showy
From this reading The curtain rolled up to disclose a narrowed stage and the cheap, garish scenery that seems a necessary adjunct to the opera in Italy.
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
HippodromenounUS /ˈhɪpədroʊm/
a stadium for horse shows or horse races
From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
From this reading The curtain rolled up to disclose a narrowed stage and the cheap, garish scenery that seems a necessary adjunct to the opera in Italy.
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
loweredadjectiveUS /ˈloʊərd/
below the surround or below the normal position
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
masterpiecenounUS /ˈmæstərpiːs/
the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman
From this reading For to-night a famous composer was conducting his masterpiece with a picked company brought over for a fleeting visit to England.
McTaggart
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From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
narrowedadjectiveUS /ˈneroʊd/
reduced in size as by squeezing together
From this reading The curtain rolled up to disclose a narrowed stage and the cheap, garish scenery that seems a necessary adjunct to the opera in Italy.
absolutely essential
From this reading The curtain rolled up to disclose a narrowed stage and the cheap, garish scenery that seems a necessary adjunct to the opera in Italy.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a seat was vacant.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
operanounUS /ˈɑːprə/
a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
From this reading The curtain rolled up to disclose a narrowed stage and the cheap, garish scenery that seems a necessary adjunct to the opera in Italy.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading For to-night a famous composer was conducting his masterpiece with a picked company brought over for a fleeting visit to England.
overturenounUS /ˈoʊvərtʃər/
orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading For to-night a famous composer was conducting his masterpiece with a picked company brought over for a fleeting visit to England.
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading The curtain rolled up to disclose a narrowed stage and the cheap, garish scenery that seems a necessary adjunct to the opera in Italy.
scenerynounUS /ˈsiːnəri/
the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
From this reading The curtain rolled up to disclose a narrowed stage and the cheap, garish scenery that seems a necessary adjunct to the opera in Italy.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading Not a seat was vacant.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The curtain rolled up to disclose a narrowed stage and the cheap, garish scenery that seems a necessary adjunct to the opera in Italy.
shoresnounUS /ʃɔːrz/
plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading The curtain rolled up to disclose a narrowed stage and the cheap, garish scenery that seems a necessary adjunct to the opera in Italy.
stealingnounUS /ˈstiːlɪŋ/
the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
sun-lit
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From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The curtain rolled up to disclose a narrowed stage and the cheap, garish scenery that seems a necessary adjunct to the opera in Italy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading McTaggart drew his chair forward from behind the curtain of the box and gazed out on the crowded Hippodrome.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For to-night a famous composer was conducting his masterpiece with a picked company brought over for a fleeting visit to England.
to-night
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From this reading For to-night a famous composer was conducting his masterpiece with a picked company brought over for a fleeting visit to England.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The curtain rolled up to disclose a narrowed stage and the cheap, garish scenery that seems a necessary adjunct to the opera in Italy.
vacantadjectiveUS /ˈveɪkənt/
void of intelligence or thought
From this reading Not a seat was vacant.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading For to-night a famous composer was conducting his masterpiece with a picked company brought over for a fleeting visit to England.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Not a seat was vacant.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As he watched, the lights were lowered in the body of the hall and the beautiful overture began, stealing like a spirit of sun-lit shores across the artificially warm atmosphere.
in the company of; together with
From this reading For to-night a famous composer was conducting his masterpiece with a picked company brought over for a fleeting visit to England.
