Chapter XL · Chapter 40

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

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

(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 THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

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

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

the event consisting of the start of something

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading They came upon them, seized them, carried them off.

past form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

From this reading They came upon them, seized them, carried them off.

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

the first light of day

From this reading One of these, that neither of them will ever forget, came at the end of a long tramp through the dawn of their second day.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading One of these, that neither of them will ever forget, came at the end of a long tramp through the dawn of their second day.

plural of “desire” — the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

one or the other of two

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading One of these, that neither of them will ever forget, came at the end of a long tramp through the dawn of their second day.

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

at any time

From this reading One of these, that neither of them will ever forget, came at the end of a long tramp through the dawn of their second day.

plural of “experience” — the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities

From this reading There was no precalculating these experiences.

resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

From this reading One of these, that neither of them will ever forget, came at the end of a long tramp through the dawn of their second day.

referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

greater in size or importance or degree

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

a holiday taken by a newly married couple

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

a period of time assigned for work

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

plural of “impulse” — an instinctive motive

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

having or showing profound knowledge

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

in a literal sense

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

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 One of these, that neither of them will ever forget, came at the end of a long tramp through the dawn of their second day.

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

not one and not the other of two

From this reading One of these, that neither of them will ever forget, came at the end of a long tramp through the dawn of their second day.

not any; not one

From this reading There was no precalculating these experiences.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading They came upon them, seized them, carried them off.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

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From this reading There was no precalculating these experiences.

the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

inflected form of “repay” — pay back

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading One of these, that neither of them will ever forget, came at the end of a long tramp through the dawn of their second day.

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab

From this reading They came upon them, seized them, carried them off.

plural of “self” — your consciousness of your own identity

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

a general conscious awareness

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

from a time in the past until now

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

small or little relative to something else

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

in a spontaneous manner

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

a state of acute pain

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

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

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

in or at that place or location

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading There was no precalculating these experiences.

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

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

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

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading One of these, that neither of them will ever forget, came at the end of a long tramp through the dawn of their second day.

a vagrant

From this reading One of these, that neither of them will ever forget, came at the end of a long tramp through the dawn of their second day.

past form of “transfuse” — impart gradually

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading They came upon them, seized them, carried them off.

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

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

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

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

at the time that

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading THE BEGINNING There was a sense in which this prediction of Rodney's about their honeymoon was altogether true, They had great hours--hours of an emotional intensity greater than any they had known during that former honeymoon, greater by all they had learned and suffered since--hours that repaid all that suffering, and could not have been captured at any smaller price.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading There were hours when the whole of their two selves literally seemed transfused into one essence; when there was nothing of either of them that was not the other; when all their thoughts, impulses, desires, flowered spontaneously out of a common mind.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading One of these, that neither of them will ever forget, came at the end of a long tramp through the dawn of their second day.