Chapter XV · Chapter 15

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From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

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

From this reading OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS’ JOURNEY.

anew

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

in addition

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

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

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

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

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

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

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

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

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

the quality of yielding nothing of value

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading At the end of those eight days you arrive at a Province which is called TONOCAIN.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At the end of those eight days you arrive at a Province which is called TONOCAIN.

having undesirable or negative qualities

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

for the reason that

From this reading The cattle must needs drink the bad water, will they nill they, because of their great thirst.

marked by strong resentment or cynicism

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

the two together, not just one

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading At the end of those eight days you arrive at a Province which is called TONOCAIN.

move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

From this reading The cattle must needs drink the bad water, will they nill they, because of their great thirst.

definite but not specified or identified

From this reading OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS’ JOURNEY.

plural of “christian” — a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

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From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

third-person singular of “contain” — include or contain; have as a component

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

third-person singular of “continue” — continue a certain state, condition, or activity

From this reading OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS’ JOURNEY.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS’ JOURNEY.

move away from a place into another direction

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

From this reading OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS’ JOURNEY.

take in liquids

From this reading The cattle must needs drink the bad water, will they nill they, because of their great thirst.

being one more than seven

From this reading OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS’ JOURNEY.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading At the end of those eight days you arrive at a Province which is called TONOCAIN.

an external body part that projects from the body

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS’ JOURNEY.

plural of “form” — the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

set up or found

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

plural of “fruit” — the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

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

From this reading The cattle must needs drink the bad water, will they nill they, because of their great thirst.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

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

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

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

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS’ JOURNEY.

plural of “last” — the temporal end; the concluding time

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading The cattle must needs drink the bad water, will they nill they, because of their great thirst.

in such a manner as could not be otherwise

From this reading The cattle must needs drink the bad water, will they nill they, because of their great thirst.

not one and not the other of two

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

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

From this reading The cattle must needs drink the bad water, will they nill they, because of their great thirst.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS’ JOURNEY.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading At the end of those eight days you arrive at a Province which is called TONOCAIN.

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

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

express in words

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS’ JOURNEY.

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

From this reading The cattle must needs drink the bad water, will they nill they, because of their great thirst.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The cattle must needs drink the bad water, will they nill they, because of their great thirst.

in or at that place or location

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

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

From this reading The cattle must needs drink the bad water, will they nill they, because of their great thirst.

a physiological need to drink

From this reading The cattle must needs drink the bad water, will they nill they, because of their great thirst.

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

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading At the end of those eight days you arrive at a Province which is called TONOCAIN.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

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

From this reading At the end of those eight days you arrive at a Province which is called TONOCAIN.

in the direction of

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

plural of “town” — an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

plural of “village” — a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

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 When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading It has a good many towns and villages, and forms the extremity of Persia towards the North.{1} It also contains an immense plain on which is found the ARBRE SOL, which we Christians call the _Arbre Sec_; and I will tell you what it is like.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

at the time that

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

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

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading The cattle must needs drink the bad water, will they nill they, because of their great thirst.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.

used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action

From this reading When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be seen, and what water there is is bitter and bad, so that you have to carry both food and water.