used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He was more alive to the beauty of the world about him, and the blue hills seemed to hang like an enchantment on the edge of the horizon.
aliveadjectiveUS /əˈlaɪv/
possessing life
From this reading He was more alive to the beauty of the world about him, and the blue hills seemed to hang like an enchantment on the edge of the horizon.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He was more alive to the beauty of the world about him, and the blue hills seemed to hang like an enchantment on the edge of the horizon.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
a particular environment or surrounding influence
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading He was more alive to the beauty of the world about him, and the blue hills seemed to hang like an enchantment on the edge of the horizon.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Something had been renewed in him.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading He was more alive to the beauty of the world about him, and the blue hills seemed to hang like an enchantment on the edge of the horizon.
the two together, not just one
From this reading He felt both strangely boyish and richly mature.
boyishadjectiveUS /ˈbɔɪɪʃ/
befitting or characteristic of a young boy
From this reading He felt both strangely boyish and richly mature.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
Canterton's
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From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading A peculiar tenderness, a glamour of sensitiveness, covered everything.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
enchantmentnounUS /enˈtʃæntmənt/
a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
From this reading He was more alive to the beauty of the world about him, and the blue hills seemed to hang like an enchantment on the edge of the horizon.
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
divisible by two
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading A peculiar tenderness, a glamour of sensitiveness, covered everything.
well known or easily recognized
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading He felt both strangely boyish and richly mature.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
glamournounUS /ˈɡlæmər/
alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)
From this reading A peculiar tenderness, a glamour of sensitiveness, covered everything.
glorifiedadjectiveUS /ˈɡlɔːrəfaɪd/
accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading He was more alive to the beauty of the world about him, and the blue hills seemed to hang like an enchantment on the edge of the horizon.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was more alive to the beauty of the world about him, and the blue hills seemed to hang like an enchantment on the edge of the horizon.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading He was more alive to the beauty of the world about him, and the blue hills seemed to hang like an enchantment on the edge of the horizon.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was more alive to the beauty of the world about him, and the blue hills seemed to hang like an enchantment on the edge of the horizon.
the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
From this reading He was more alive to the beauty of the world about him, and the blue hills seemed to hang like an enchantment on the edge of the horizon.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
landscapenounUS /ˈlændskeɪp/
an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
LATIMER
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From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
matureadjectiveUS /məˈtʃʊr/
characteristic of maturity
From this reading He felt both strangely boyish and richly mature.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
of an obscure nature
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was more alive to the beauty of the world about him, and the blue hills seemed to hang like an enchantment on the edge of the horizon.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
a course of conduct
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading A peculiar tenderness, a glamour of sensitiveness, covered everything.
past form of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
purposefulnessnoun
the quality of having a definite purpose
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
past form of “render” — cause to become
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
renewedadjectiveUS /rɪˈnuːd/
restored to a new condition
From this reading Something had been renewed in him.
richlyadverbUS /ˈrɪtʃli/
to an ample degree or in an ample manner
From this reading He felt both strangely boyish and richly mature.
routinenounUS /ruːˈtiːn/
an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
Identical; not different.
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
sensitivenessnounUS /ˈsensətɪvnəs/
sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
From this reading A peculiar tenderness, a glamour of sensitiveness, covered everything.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something had been renewed in him.
in a strange manner
From this reading He felt both strangely boyish and richly mature.
a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
From this reading A peculiar tenderness, a glamour of sensitiveness, covered everything.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was more alive to the beauty of the world about him, and the blue hills seemed to hang like an enchantment on the edge of the horizon.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
well-knownadjectiveUS /ˈwelˈnoʊn/
widely or fully known
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
at the time that
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
in the company of; together with
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading He was more alive to the beauty of the world about him, and the blue hills seemed to hang like an enchantment on the edge of the horizon.
but in spite of that
From this reading LATIMER When Eve had left for Latimer, the routine of Canterton’s working day ran with the same purposefulness, like a familiar path in a garden, yet though the scene was the same, the atmosphere seemed different, even as a well-known landscape may be glorified and rendered more mysterious by the light poured out from under the edge of a thunder cloud.
