263
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From this reading =263.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
in the past
From this reading EVERYDAY LIFE ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading To be sure, there was a fringe of villages along the coast from Maine to Georgia.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Very different was the country in which our forefathers lived from that with which we are familiar.
backwardadverbUS /ˈbækwərd/
at or to or toward the back or rear
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To be sure, there was a fringe of villages along the coast from Maine to Georgia.
a period of 100 years
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
changesnounUS /ˈtʃeɪndʒəz/
plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading To be sure, there was a fringe of villages along the coast from Maine to Georgia.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
every day; without missing a day
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading Very different was the country in which our forefathers lived from that with which we are familiar.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
EVERYDAYadjectiveUS /ˈevriˈdeɪ/
found in the ordinary course of events
From this reading EVERYDAY LIFE ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
well known or easily recognized
From this reading Very different was the country in which our forefathers lived from that with which we are familiar.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
forefathersnounUS /ˈfɔːrfɑːðərz/
plural of “forefather” — the founder of a family
From this reading Very different was the country in which our forefathers lived from that with which we are familiar.
fringenounUS /frɪndʒ/
the outside boundary or surface of something
From this reading To be sure, there was a fringe of villages along the coast from Maine to Georgia.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Very different was the country in which our forefathers lived from that with which we are familiar.
GeorgianounUS /ˈdʒɔːrdʒə/
a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
From this reading To be sure, there was a fringe of villages along the coast from Maine to Georgia.
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
hastyadjectiveUS /ˈheɪsti/
excessively quick
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
ten 10s
From this reading EVERYDAY LIFE ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading EVERYDAY LIFE ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Very different was the country in which our forefathers lived from that with which we are familiar.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
MainenounUS /meɪn/
a state in New England
From this reading To be sure, there was a fringe of villages along the coast from Maine to Georgia.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
a brief written record
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading EVERYDAY LIFE ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading To be sure, there was a fringe of villages along the coast from Maine to Georgia.
carry out
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
in or at that place or location
From this reading To be sure, there was a fringe of villages along the coast from Maine to Georgia.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To be sure, there was a fringe of villages along the coast from Maine to Georgia.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading Our Country One Hundred Years Ago.=--Let us now take a hasty glance backward for a century and note the vast changes that have taken place in the matter of daily living during this time.
precisely as stated
From this reading Very different was the country in which our forefathers lived from that with which we are familiar.
villagesnounUS /ˈvɪlədʒəz/
plural of “village” — a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading To be sure, there was a fringe of villages along the coast from Maine to Georgia.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Very different was the country in which our forefathers lived from that with which we are familiar.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Very different was the country in which our forefathers lived from that with which we are familiar.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Very different was the country in which our forefathers lived from that with which we are familiar.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Very different was the country in which our forefathers lived from that with which we are familiar.
a late time of life
From this reading EVERYDAY LIFE ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
