used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
anew
From this reading More than that she wanted to see her friends and to be once again amid her familiar surroundings in London.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
(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 She felt herself near death, and with all the intensity of her being she longed to live.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading More than that she wanted to see her friends and to be once again amid her familiar surroundings in London.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She felt herself near death, and with all the intensity of her being she longed to live.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
awfuladjectiveUS /ˈɑːfəl/
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading More than that she wanted to see her friends and to be once again amid her familiar surroundings in London.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading She felt herself near death, and with all the intensity of her being she longed to live.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
blowingnounUS /ˈbloʊɪŋ/
processing that involves blowing a gas
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading She felt herself near death, and with all the intensity of her being she longed to live.
divisible by two
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
well known or easily recognized
From this reading More than that she wanted to see her friends and to be once again amid her familiar surroundings in London.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading She felt herself near death, and with all the intensity of her being she longed to live.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading More than that she wanted to see her friends and to be once again amid her familiar surroundings in London.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She felt herself near death, and with all the intensity of her being she longed to live.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She felt herself near death, and with all the intensity of her being she longed to live.
intense and profound fear
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading More than that she wanted to see her friends and to be once again amid her familiar surroundings in London.
intensitynounUS /ɪnˈtensəti/
the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
From this reading She felt herself near death, and with all the intensity of her being she longed to live.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
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 The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Never had life seemed so sweet.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading She felt herself near death, and with all the intensity of her being she longed to live.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading More than that she wanted to see her friends and to be once again amid her familiar surroundings in London.
longedverbUS /lɔːŋd/
past form of “long” — desire strongly or persistently
From this reading She felt herself near death, and with all the intensity of her being she longed to live.
LoomverbUS /luːm/
come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
MollynounUS /ˈmɑːli/
popular aquarium fish
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading More than that she wanted to see her friends and to be once again amid her familiar surroundings in London.
not in physical motion
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading She felt herself near death, and with all the intensity of her being she longed to live.
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never had life seemed so sweet.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
on one occasion
From this reading More than that she wanted to see her friends and to be once again amid her familiar surroundings in London.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Never had life seemed so sweet.
plural of “shadow” — shade within clear boundaries
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Never had life seemed so sweet.
plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
surroundingsnounUS /sərˈaʊndɪŋz/
the environmental condition
From this reading More than that she wanted to see her friends and to be once again amid her familiar surroundings in London.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Never had life seemed so sweet.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading More than that she wanted to see her friends and to be once again amid her familiar surroundings in London.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading More than that she wanted to see her friends and to be once again amid her familiar surroundings in London.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The Shadows Loom Nearer For a few minutes after she had been left alone Molly lay motionless, too full of horror even to think.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading She wanted to get out of this awful room, to see the sun, the fields, the trees, to feel the fresh air blowing on her cheeks, to hear the birds and the sounds of life around her.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She felt herself near death, and with all the intensity of her being she longed to live.
