used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was a lovely spring morning, fresh and sweet.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The long winter had come to an end at last.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The twenty-fourth of April was here, and with it Gilbert Denison's seventieth birthday.
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading THE TWENTY-FOURTH OF APRIL.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The long winter had come to an end at last.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
birthdaynounUS /ˈbɜːrθdeɪ/
an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
From this reading The twenty-fourth of April was here, and with it Gilbert Denison's seventieth birthday.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The long winter had come to an end at last.
deliciousadjectiveUS /dɪˈlɪʃəs/
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
Denison's
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From this reading The twenty-fourth of April was here, and with it Gilbert Denison's seventieth birthday.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading The long winter had come to an end at last.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading It was a lovely spring morning, fresh and sweet.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
garden-paths
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From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
GilbertnounUS /ˈɡɪlbərt/
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading The twenty-fourth of April was here, and with it Gilbert Denison's seventieth birthday.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The long winter had come to an end at last.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading The twenty-fourth of April was here, and with it Gilbert Denison's seventieth birthday.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The twenty-fourth of April was here, and with it Gilbert Denison's seventieth birthday.
immediately past
From this reading The long winter had come to an end at last.
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 long winter had come to an end at last.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading It was a lovely spring morning, fresh and sweet.
melodynounUS /ˈmelədi/
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading It was a lovely spring morning, fresh and sweet.
odoursnounUS /ˈoʊdərs/
plural of “odour” — the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TWENTY-FOURTH OF APRIL.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
seventiethnounUS /ˈsevəntiɪθ/
position 70 in a countable series of things
From this reading The twenty-fourth of April was here, and with it Gilbert Denison's seventieth birthday.
inflected form of “shine” — be bright by reflecting or casting light
From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
the season of growth
From this reading It was a lovely spring morning, fresh and sweet.
a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading It was a lovely spring morning, fresh and sweet.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TWENTY-FOURTH OF APRIL.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The long winter had come to an end at last.
TWENTY-FOURTHadjective
coming next after the twenty-third in position
From this reading THE TWENTY-FOURTH OF APRIL.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading The air was full of the melody of birds; faint delicious odours stole in and out among the garden-paths; a warm sun shone over all.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The twenty-fourth of April was here, and with it Gilbert Denison's seventieth birthday.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading The long winter had come to an end at last.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The twenty-fourth of April was here, and with it Gilbert Denison's seventieth birthday.
