used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
(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 Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
arrivingverbUS /ərˈaɪvɪŋ/
-ing form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
bledverbUS /bled/
inflected form of “bleed” — lose blood from one's body
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
by-standers
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From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
daybreaknounUS /ˈdeɪbreɪk/
the first light of day
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
Gaston
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From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
brought together in one place
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
innkeepernounUS /ˈɪnkiːpər/
the owner or manager of an inn
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
and nothing more
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
the act of departing
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
at the same time but in another place
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
mountingnounUS /ˈmaʊntɪŋ/
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
NANTESnounUS /nænts/
a port city in western France on the Loire estuary
From this reading THE TRAGEDY OF NANTES.
not any; not one
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TRAGEDY OF NANTES.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
postedadjectiveUS /ˈpoʊstɪd/
publicly displayed
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
postilions
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From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
Rambouilletnoun
hardy sheep developed from the merino producing both good mutton and fine wool
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
cut with a saw
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
express in words
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
Sevres
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From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching
From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TRAGEDY OF NANTES.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
TRAGEDYnounUS /ˈtrædʒədi/
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading THE TRAGEDY OF NANTES.
urgingnounUS /ˈɜːrdʒɪŋ/
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
VersaillesnounUS /verˈsaɪ/
a city in north central France near Paris; site of the Palace of Versailles that was built by Louis XIV in the 17th century
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
belonging to which person
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
