used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The farmhouse stands about a hundred yards away from the main road, with a cart track, slushy and muddy running across the fields to the very door.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The farmhouse stands about a hundred yards away from the main road, with a cart track, slushy and muddy running across the fields to the very door.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The farmhouse stands about a hundred yards away from the main road, with a cart track, slushy and muddy running across the fields to the very door.
ah
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From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
a distinct feature or element in a problem
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The farmhouse stands about a hundred yards away from the main road, with a cart track, slushy and muddy running across the fields to the very door.
billeted
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From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
BILLETSnounUS /ˈbɪləts/
plural of “billet” — a short personal letter
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading Nothing will persuade me, except perhaps the Censor, that it is not the home of Marie Claire, it so fits in with the description in her book.
broodingnounUS /ˈbruːdɪŋ/
sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
cartnounUS /kɑːrt/
a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading The farmhouse stands about a hundred yards away from the main road, with a cart track, slushy and muddy running across the fields to the very door.
CensornounUS /ˈsensər/
someone who censures or condemns
From this reading Nothing will persuade me, except perhaps the Censor, that it is not the home of Marie Claire, it so fits in with the description in her book.
Claire
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From this reading Nothing will persuade me, except perhaps the Censor, that it is not the home of Marie Claire, it so fits in with the description in her book.
decayingverbUS /dɪˈkeɪɪŋ/
-ing form of “decay” — lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
a statement that represents something in words
From this reading Nothing will persuade me, except perhaps the Censor, that it is not the home of Marie Claire, it so fits in with the description in her book.
dilapidatedadjectiveUS /dəˈlæpədeɪtɪd/
in deplorable condition
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
Donegal
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From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading The farmhouse stands about a hundred yards away from the main road, with a cart track, slushy and muddy running across the fields to the very door.
duskyadjective
lighted by or as if by twilight
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
dwelling-place
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From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
eveningsnounUS /ˈiːvnɪŋz/
plural of “evening” — the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
apart from; not including
From this reading Nothing will persuade me, except perhaps the Censor, that it is not the home of Marie Claire, it so fits in with the description in her book.
farmhousenounUS /ˈfɑːrmhaʊs/
house for a farmer and family
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
filthnounUS /fɪlθ/
any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
fitsnounUS /fɪts/
plural of “fit” — a display of bad temper
From this reading Nothing will persuade me, except perhaps the Censor, that it is not the home of Marie Claire, it so fits in with the description in her book.
fognounUS /fɑːɡ/
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
forbiddingadjectiveUS /fərˈbɪdɪŋ/
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
ghost-white
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From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
Glenties
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From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Nothing will persuade me, except perhaps the Censor, that it is not the home of Marie Claire, it so fits in with the description in her book.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
homelyadjectiveUS /ˈhoʊmli/
lacking in physical beauty or proportion
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
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From this reading The farmhouse stands about a hundred yards away from the main road, with a cart track, slushy and muddy running across the fields to the very door.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Nothing will persuade me, except perhaps the Censor, that it is not the home of Marie Claire, it so fits in with the description in her book.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
loneadjectiveUS /loʊn/
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
most important element
From this reading The farmhouse stands about a hundred yards away from the main road, with a cart track, slushy and muddy running across the fields to the very door.
manurenounUS /məˈnʊr/
any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
Marie
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From this reading Nothing will persuade me, except perhaps the Censor, that it is not the home of Marie Claire, it so fits in with the description in her book.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
moorsnounUS /mʊrz/
plural of “moor” — one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
muddyadjectiveUS /ˈmʌdi/
(of soil) soft and watery
From this reading The farmhouse stands about a hundred yards away from the main road, with a cart track, slushy and muddy running across the fields to the very door.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Nothing will persuade me, except perhaps the Censor, that it is not the home of Marie Claire, it so fits in with the description in her book.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing will persuade me, except perhaps the Censor, that it is not the home of Marie Claire, it so fits in with the description in her book.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
by chance
From this reading Nothing will persuade me, except perhaps the Censor, that it is not the home of Marie Claire, it so fits in with the description in her book.
persuadeverbUS /pərˈsweɪd/
win approval or support for
From this reading Nothing will persuade me, except perhaps the Censor, that it is not the home of Marie Claire, it so fits in with the description in her book.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
quietadjectiveUS /ˈkwaɪət/
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
past form of “remind” — put in the mind of someone
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
-ing form of “rest” — not move; be in a resting position
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading The farmhouse stands about a hundred yards away from the main road, with a cart track, slushy and muddy running across the fields to the very door.
slushyadjective
being or resembling melting snow
From this reading The farmhouse stands about a hundred yards away from the main road, with a cart track, slushy and muddy running across the fields to the very door.
smellsnounUS /smelz/
plural of “smell” — the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Nothing will persuade me, except perhaps the Censor, that it is not the home of Marie Claire, it so fits in with the description in her book.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
squalidadjectiveUS /ˈskwɑːləd/
morally degraded
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading The farmhouse stands about a hundred yards away from the main road, with a cart track, slushy and muddy running across the fields to the very door.
with strength or in a strong manner
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Nothing will persuade me, except perhaps the Censor, that it is not the home of Marie Claire, it so fits in with the description in her book.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The farmhouse stands about a hundred yards away from the main road, with a cart track, slushy and muddy running across the fields to the very door.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading The farmhouse stands about a hundred yards away from the main road, with a cart track, slushy and muddy running across the fields to the very door.
uncleanadjectiveUS /ənˈkliːn/
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
vegetablenounUS /ˈvedʒtəbəl/
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
precisely as stated
From this reading The farmhouse stands about a hundred yards away from the main road, with a cart track, slushy and muddy running across the fields to the very door.
vicinitynounUS /vəˈsɪnəti/
a surrounding or nearby region
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
in or at the place that
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
a Caucasian
From this reading OUR FRENCH BILLETS The fog is white on Glenties moors, The road is grey from Glenties town, Oh! lone grey road and ghost-white fog, And ah! the homely moors of brown.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading The whole aspect of the place is forbidding, it looks squalid and dilapidated, and smells of decaying vegetable matter, of manure and every other filth that can find a resting place in the vicinity of an unclean dwelling-place.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Nothing will persuade me, except perhaps the Censor, that it is not the home of Marie Claire, it so fits in with the description in her book.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The farmhouse where we were billeted reminded me strongly of my home in Donegal with its fields and dusky evenings and its spirit of brooding quiet.
plural of “yard” — a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading The farmhouse stands about a hundred yards away from the main road, with a cart track, slushy and muddy running across the fields to the very door.
