used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
bethought
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From this reading He bethought him that in the paper he had drawn up he had made no provision for the use of the mule.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
calculateverbUS /ˈkælkjəleɪt/
make a mathematical calculation or computation
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
CASSANDRA'S
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From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading He would come and plough a little every day.
comparingnounUS /kəmˈperɪŋ/
the act of examining resemblances
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
coughedverbUS /kɔːft/
past form of “cough” — exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading He would come and plough a little every day.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
DISCOVERSverbUS /dɪˈskʌvərz/
third-person singular of “discover” — discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading He bethought him that in the paper he had drawn up he had made no provision for the use of the mule.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading He would come and plough a little every day.
exertionnounUS /ɪɡˈzɜːrʃən/
use of physical or mental energy; hard work
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
the organ of sight
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
enclose with a fence
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He bethought him that in the paper he had drawn up he had made no provision for the use of the mule.
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
furrows
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From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He bethought him that in the paper he had drawn up he had made no provision for the use of the mule.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He bethought him that in the paper he had drawn up he had made no provision for the use of the mule.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
HoylenounUS /hɔɪl/
an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001)
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He bethought him that in the paper he had drawn up he had made no provision for the use of the mule.
measuringnounUS /ˈmeʒərɪŋ/
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
meditated
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From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
mulenounUS /mjuːl/
hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
not any; not one
From this reading He bethought him that in the paper he had drawn up he had made no provision for the use of the mule.
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He bethought him that in the paper he had drawn up he had made no provision for the use of the mule.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading He bethought him that in the paper he had drawn up he had made no provision for the use of the mule.
patchnounUS /pætʃ/
a small contrasting part of something
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
perspirationnounUS /ˌpɜːrspərˈeɪʃən/
salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
ploughnounUS /plaʊ/
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
From this reading He would come and plough a little every day.
provisionnounUS /prəˈvɪʒən/
a stipulated condition
From this reading He bethought him that in the paper he had drawn up he had made no provision for the use of the mule.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
rubbedverbUS /rʌbd/
inflected form of “rub” — move over something with pressure
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
stableadjectiveUS /ˈsteɪbəl/
resistant to change of position or condition
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
carry out
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He bethought him that in the paper he had drawn up he had made no provision for the use of the mule.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
a source of difficulty
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He bethought him that in the paper he had drawn up he had made no provision for the use of the mule.
the act of using
From this reading He bethought him that in the paper he had drawn up he had made no provision for the use of the mule.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH DAVID DISCOVERS CASSANDRA'S TROUBLE After turning his furrows, David told Hoyle to ride the mule to the stable, then he sat himself on the fence, and meditated.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
wipedverbUS /waɪpt/
past form of “wipe” — rub with a circular motion
From this reading He wiped his forehead and rubbed the perspiration from his hair, and coughed a little after his exertion, glad at heart to find himself so well off.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then he began to calculate the number of days it would take him to finish the patch, measuring the distance covered by the six furrows with his eye, and comparing it with the whole.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would come and plough a little every day.
