used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
anew
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
(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 Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
blurredadjectiveUS /blɜːrd/
indistinct or hazy in outline
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
of surpassing excellence
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
BritainnounUS /ˈbrɪtən/
a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; “Great Britain” is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
plural of “cloud” — any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
darkeradjectiveUS /ˈdɑːrkər/
comparative of “dark” — devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
From this reading The sea was a dull grey, and darker than the land; and the whole panorama was rotating slowly towards the east.
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading The sea was a dull grey, and darker than the land; and the whole panorama was rotating slowly towards the east.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading The sea was a dull grey, and darker than the land; and the whole panorama was rotating slowly towards the east.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
flocculentadjective
having a fluffy character or appearance
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading All this had happened so swiftly that, until I was some thousand miles or so from the earth, I had no thought for myself.
the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
huesnounUS /hjuːz/
plural of “hue” — the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
indistinguishableadjectiveUS /ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəbəl/
exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
IrelandnounUS /ˈaɪərlənd/
a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading The sea was a dull grey, and darker than the land; and the whole panorama was rotating slowly towards the east.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
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 Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
massesnounUS /ˈmæsəz/
the common people generally
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
mergingnounUS /ˈmɜːrdʒɪŋ/
the act of joining together as one
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading All this had happened so swiftly that, until I was some thousand miles or so from the earth, I had no thought for myself.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading All this had happened so swiftly that, until I was some thousand miles or so from the earth, I had no thought for myself.
not any; not one
From this reading All this had happened so swiftly that, until I was some thousand miles or so from the earth, I had no thought for myself.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
obliteratedadjectiveUS /əˈblɪtəreɪtɪd/
reduced to nothingness
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
and nothing more
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
outlinesnounUS /ˈaʊtlaɪnz/
plural of “outline” — the line that appears to bound an object
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
panoramanounUS /ˌpænərˈæmə/
the visual percept of a region
From this reading The sea was a dull grey, and darker than the land; and the whole panorama was rotating slowly towards the east.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
rotatingverbUS /ˈroʊteɪtɪŋ/
-ing form of “rotate” — turn on or around an axis or a center
From this reading The sea was a dull grey, and darker than the land; and the whole panorama was rotating slowly towards the east.
except for; apart from
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
cut with a saw
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading The sea was a dull grey, and darker than the land; and the whole panorama was rotating slowly towards the east.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading The sea was a dull grey, and darker than the land; and the whole panorama was rotating slowly towards the east.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading All this had happened so swiftly that, until I was some thousand miles or so from the earth, I had no thought for myself.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading All this had happened so swiftly that, until I was some thousand miles or so from the earth, I had no thought for myself.
in a swift manner
From this reading All this had happened so swiftly that, until I was some thousand miles or so from the earth, I had no thought for myself.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The sea was a dull grey, and darker than the land; and the whole panorama was rotating slowly towards the east.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading All this had happened so swiftly that, until I was some thousand miles or so from the earth, I had no thought for myself.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading All this had happened so swiftly that, until I was some thousand miles or so from the earth, I had no thought for myself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
in the direction of
From this reading The sea was a dull grey, and darker than the land; and the whole panorama was rotating slowly towards the east.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading All this had happened so swiftly that, until I was some thousand miles or so from the earth, I had no thought for myself.
variedadjectiveUS /ˈverid/
characterized by variety
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
precisely as stated
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
at the time that
From this reading When my attention came back to the earth again, I saw that it had fallen very far away from me.
in or at the place that
From this reading For now I could see the outlines of the north of France and Ireland, and all this island of Britain, save where Scotland passed over the horizon to the north, or where the coast was blurred or obliterated by cloud.
a Caucasian
From this reading Field and town were long since indistinguishable, and all the varied hues of the country were merging into a uniform bright grey, broken only by the brilliant white of the clouds that lay scattered in flocculent masses over Ireland and the west of England.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading The sea was a dull grey, and darker than the land; and the whole panorama was rotating slowly towards the east.
