used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Amberley hung upon a cliff of land above the water meadows.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Amberley hung upon a cliff of land above the water meadows.
(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 castle was older than Amberley House, yet Amberley House was a respectable three hundred years, and had been all that time the home of countless Vernys.
Amberley
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From this reading Amberley hung upon a cliff of land above the water meadows.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Rising high behind it, fold on fold, were the Sussex Downs, without lines, without rigidity, as soft as drifting snow.
barnsnounUS /bɑːrnz/
plural of “barn” — an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Rising high behind it, fold on fold, were the Sussex Downs, without lines, without rigidity, as soft as drifting snow.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
a steep high face of rock
From this reading Amberley hung upon a cliff of land above the water meadows.
cottagesnounUS /ˈkɑːtɪdʒɪz/
plural of “cottage” — a small house with a single story
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
countlessadjectiveUS /ˈkaʊntləs/
too numerous to be counted
From this reading The castle was older than Amberley House, yet Amberley House was a respectable three hundred years, and had been all that time the home of countless Vernys.
the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
deep-thatched
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From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
DownsnounUS /daʊnz/
plural of “down” — soft fine feathers
From this reading Rising high behind it, fold on fold, were the Sussex Downs, without lines, without rigidity, as soft as drifting snow.
driftingnounUS /ˈdrɪftɪŋ/
aimless wandering from place to place
From this reading Rising high behind it, fold on fold, were the Sussex Downs, without lines, without rigidity, as soft as drifting snow.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
foldnounUS /foʊld/
an angular or rounded shape made by folding
From this reading Rising high behind it, fold on fold, were the Sussex Downs, without lines, without rigidity, as soft as drifting snow.
girdled
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From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Rising high behind it, fold on fold, were the Sussex Downs, without lines, without rigidity, as soft as drifting snow.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading The castle was older than Amberley House, yet Amberley House was a respectable three hundred years, and had been all that time the home of countless Vernys.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading The castle was older than Amberley House, yet Amberley House was a respectable three hundred years, and had been all that time the home of countless Vernys.
ten 10s
From this reading The castle was older than Amberley House, yet Amberley House was a respectable three hundred years, and had been all that time the home of countless Vernys.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading Amberley hung upon a cliff of land above the water meadows.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Rising high behind it, fold on fold, were the Sussex Downs, without lines, without rigidity, as soft as drifting snow.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading Amberley hung upon a cliff of land above the water meadows.
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 village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Rising high behind it, fold on fold, were the Sussex Downs, without lines, without rigidity, as soft as drifting snow.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
meadowsnounUS /ˈmedoʊz/
plural of “meadow” — a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
From this reading Amberley hung upon a cliff of land above the water meadows.
mossyadjectiveUS /ˈmɔːsi/
overgrown with moss
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Amberley hung upon a cliff of land above the water meadows.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
olderadjectiveUS /ˈoʊldər/
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading The castle was older than Amberley House, yet Amberley House was a respectable three hundred years, and had been all that time the home of countless Vernys.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Rising high behind it, fold on fold, were the Sussex Downs, without lines, without rigidity, as soft as drifting snow.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
and nothing more
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals
From this reading The castle was older than Amberley House, yet Amberley House was a respectable three hundred years, and had been all that time the home of countless Vernys.
rigiditynounUS /rɪˈdʒɪdəti/
the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
From this reading Rising high behind it, fold on fold, were the Sussex Downs, without lines, without rigidity, as soft as drifting snow.
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading Rising high behind it, fold on fold, were the Sussex Downs, without lines, without rigidity, as soft as drifting snow.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
ruinsnounUS /ˈruːənz/
plural of “ruin” — an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
sleepyadjectiveUS /ˈsliːpi/
ready to fall asleep
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading Rising high behind it, fold on fold, were the Sussex Downs, without lines, without rigidity, as soft as drifting snow.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading Rising high behind it, fold on fold, were the Sussex Downs, without lines, without rigidity, as soft as drifting snow.
not in physical motion
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
SussexnounUS /ˈsʌsɪks/
a county in southern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that was captured by Wessex in the 9th century
From this reading Rising high behind it, fold on fold, were the Sussex Downs, without lines, without rigidity, as soft as drifting snow.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The castle was older than Amberley House, yet Amberley House was a respectable three hundred years, and had been all that time the home of countless Vernys.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The castle was older than Amberley House, yet Amberley House was a respectable three hundred years, and had been all that time the home of countless Vernys.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Amberley hung upon a cliff of land above the water meadows.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading The castle was older than Amberley House, yet Amberley House was a respectable three hundred years, and had been all that time the home of countless Vernys.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The castle was older than Amberley House, yet Amberley House was a respectable three hundred years, and had been all that time the home of countless Vernys.
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Amberley hung upon a cliff of land above the water meadows.
Vernys
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From this reading The castle was older than Amberley House, yet Amberley House was a respectable three hundred years, and had been all that time the home of countless Vernys.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Amberley hung upon a cliff of land above the water meadows.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Rising high behind it, fold on fold, were the Sussex Downs, without lines, without rigidity, as soft as drifting snow.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
a Caucasian
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
windingadjectiveUS /ˈwaɪndɪŋ/
marked by repeated turns and bends
From this reading There was only one street, a sleepy, winding, white down road, which ran between mossy barns and deep-thatched cottages under the Amberley Wall.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Rising high behind it, fold on fold, were the Sussex Downs, without lines, without rigidity, as soft as drifting snow.
a late time of life
From this reading The castle was older than Amberley House, yet Amberley House was a respectable three hundred years, and had been all that time the home of countless Vernys.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading The village had been the seat of a tremendous castle,--little of these famous ruins were left,--but the old, yellow stone walls still girdled Amberley in the shape of a broken crown.
but in spite of that
From this reading The castle was older than Amberley House, yet Amberley House was a respectable three hundred years, and had been all that time the home of countless Vernys.
