used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
(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 “All I can see through the bushes is a black hole under some rocks.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading “All I can see through the bushes is a black hole under some rocks.
plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading “All I can see through the bushes is a black hole under some rocks.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “All I can see through the bushes is a black hole under some rocks.
a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
From this reading “There’s the cave I was telling you about.”
a steep high face of rock
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
From this reading Can we climb up there?
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
exploreverbUS /ɪkˈsplɔːr/
inquire into
From this reading I’d like to explore it.”
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
FlorencenounUS /ˈflɔːrəns/
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
an opening into or through something
From this reading “All I can see through the bushes is a black hole under some rocks.
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “There’s the cave I was telling you about.”
I'd
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From this reading I’d like to explore it.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “All I can see through the bushes is a black hole under some rocks.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I’d like to explore it.”
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I’d like to explore it.”
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
having a point
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “All I can see through the bushes is a black hole under some rocks.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “All I can see through the bushes is a black hole under some rocks.
shadowyadjectiveUS /ˈʃædoʊi/
filled with shade
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “All I can see through the bushes is a black hole under some rocks.
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading “There’s the cave I was telling you about.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Can we climb up there?
There's
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From this reading “There’s the cave I was telling you about.”
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading “All I can see through the bushes is a black hole under some rocks.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “All I can see through the bushes is a black hole under some rocks.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The two girls hurried along the trail, and a few minutes later Florence pointed to a dark, shadowy place about fifty feet up the side of the cliff.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “There’s the cave I was telling you about.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Can we climb up there?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “There’s the cave I was telling you about.”
