Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

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From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

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From this reading I'm almost threescore; Such night as this was ne'er before, 280 There's not a single soul abroad."

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From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

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From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading And now she's high upon the down, And she can see a mile of road: "O cruel!

to or in a foreign country

From this reading I'm almost threescore; Such night as this was ne'er before, 280 There's not a single soul abroad."

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading I'm almost threescore; Such night as this was ne'er before, 280 There's not a single soul abroad."

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading And now she's high upon the down, And she can see a mile of road: "O cruel!

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading I'm almost threescore; Such night as this was ne'er before, 280 There's not a single soul abroad."

earlier than; in front of

From this reading I'm almost threescore; Such night as this was ne'er before, 280 There's not a single soul abroad."

of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading And now she's high upon the down, And she can see a mile of road: "O cruel!

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From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

From this reading And now she's high upon the down, And she can see a mile of road: "O cruel!

a licensed medical practitioner

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading And now she's high upon the down, And she can see a mile of road: "O cruel!

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

plural of “echo” — the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

fail to do something; leave something undone

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

having or displaying warmth or affection

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

shoot down, of birds

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

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From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading And now she's high upon the down, And she can see a mile of road: "O cruel!

a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

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From this reading I'm almost threescore; Such night as this was ne'er before, 280 There's not a single soul abroad."

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

make longer

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

third-person singular of “listen” — hear with intention

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

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 owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

plural of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading And now she's high upon the down, And she can see a mile of road: "O cruel!

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading I'm almost threescore; Such night as this was ne'er before, 280 There's not a single soul abroad."

information about recent and important events

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading I'm almost threescore; Such night as this was ne'er before, 280 There's not a single soul abroad."

not any; not one

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I'm almost threescore; Such night as this was ne'er before, 280 There's not a single soul abroad."

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading And now she's high upon the down, And she can see a mile of road: "O cruel!

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading And now she's high upon the down, And she can see a mile of road: "O cruel!

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading And now she's high upon the down, And she can see a mile of road: "O cruel!

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

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From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading And now she's high upon the down, And she can see a mile of road: "O cruel!

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading And now she's high upon the down, And she can see a mile of road: "O cruel!

cause to go somewhere

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

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From this reading And now she's high upon the down, And she can see a mile of road: "O cruel!

struck with fear, dread, or consternation

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

being or characteristic of a single thing or person

From this reading I'm almost threescore; Such night as this was ne'er before, 280 There's not a single soul abroad."

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

weep convulsively

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

superlative of “soft” — yielding readily to pressure or weight

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading I'm almost threescore; Such night as this was ne'er before, 280 There's not a single soul abroad."

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

not in physical motion

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

plural of “stream” — a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading I'm almost threescore; Such night as this was ne'er before, 280 There's not a single soul abroad."

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From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

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From this reading I'm almost threescore; Such night as this was ne'er before, 280 There's not a single soul abroad."

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

a set with 3 times 20 members

From this reading I'm almost threescore; Such night as this was ne'er before, 280 There's not a single soul abroad."

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

(of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading And now she's high upon the down, And she can see a mile of road: "O cruel!

the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading I'm almost threescore; Such night as this was ne'er before, 280 There's not a single soul abroad."

in the company of; together with

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.

the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

From this reading Then up along the town she hies, No wonder if her senses fail; This piteous news so much it shocked her, She quite forgot to send the Doctor, 275 To comfort poor old Susan Gale.

but in spite of that

From this reading The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still: Fond lovers! yet not quite hob nob, They lengthen out the tremulous sob, 290 That echoes far from hill to hill.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading She listens, but she cannot hear The foot of horse, the voice of man; The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, 285 You hear it now, if e'er you can.