used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Several kilometers along this road you will see shooting up from a bare crag above you a little stone hamlet crowned by the ruins of a mediaeval fortress.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
(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 HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Several kilometers along this road you will see shooting up from a bare crag above you a little stone hamlet crowned by the ruins of a mediaeval fortress.
in addition
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
completely unclothed
From this reading Several kilometers along this road you will see shooting up from a bare crag above you a little stone hamlet crowned by the ruins of a mediaeval fortress.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
branchingadjectiveUS /ˈbræntʃɪŋ/
having branches
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
Castel
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From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
climbingnounUS /ˈklaɪmɪŋ/
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
cragnounUS /kræɡ/
a steep rugged rock or cliff
From this reading Several kilometers along this road you will see shooting up from a bare crag above you a little stone hamlet crowned by the ruins of a mediaeval fortress.
crownedadjectiveUS /kraʊnd/
having an (artificial) crown on a tooth
From this reading Several kilometers along this road you will see shooting up from a bare crag above you a little stone hamlet crowned by the ruins of a mediaeval fortress.
DaddynounUS /ˈdædi/
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
dearly loved
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
an opposing military force
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
English-speakingadjective
able to communicate in English
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
fictionnounUS /ˈfɪkʃən/
a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
fortressnounUS /ˈfɔːrtrəs/
a fortified defensive structure
From this reading Several kilometers along this road you will see shooting up from a bare crag above you a little stone hamlet crowned by the ruins of a mediaeval fortress.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
highest in quality
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
grey-walled
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From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
hamletnounUS /ˈhæmlət/
a community of people smaller than a village
From this reading Several kilometers along this road you will see shooting up from a bare crag above you a little stone hamlet crowned by the ruins of a mediaeval fortress.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
highwaynounUS /ˈhaɪweɪ/
a major road for any form of motor transport
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
hillsidenounUS /ˈhɪlsaɪd/
the side or slope of a hill
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
HODDER
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From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
and nothing more
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
kilometersnounUS /kəˈlɑːmʌtərz/
plural of “kilometer” — a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
LEACOCKnounUS /ˈliːkɑːk/
Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944)
From this reading STEPHEN LEACOCK.
leadsnounUS /liːdz/
plural of “lead” — an advantage held by a competitor in a race
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
go away from a place
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
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 HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
staying power
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Several kilometers along this road you will see shooting up from a bare crag above you a little stone hamlet crowned by the ruins of a mediaeval fortress.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
Madama
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From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
Maggiore
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From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
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 This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
mastersnounUS /ˈmæstərz/
United States poet (1869-1950)
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
mediaevaladjective
relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
From this reading Several kilometers along this road you will see shooting up from a bare crag above you a little stone hamlet crowned by the ruins of a mediaeval fortress.
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
Palestrinanoun
Italian composer (1526-1594)
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
go across or through
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
PattynounUS /ˈpæti/
small flat mass of chopped food
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
PortanounUS /ˈpɔːrtə/
an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
Præneste
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From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
Prænestina
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From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
publishverbUS /ˈpʌblɪʃ/
put into print
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
recogniseverbUS /ˈrekəɡnaɪz/
show approval or appreciation of
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
RomanadjectiveUS /ˈroʊmən/
relating to or characteristic of people of Rome
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
ruinsnounUS /ˈruːənz/
plural of “ruin” — an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading Several kilometers along this road you will see shooting up from a bare crag above you a little stone hamlet crowned by the ruins of a mediaeval fortress.
SabinenounUS /səˈbiːn/
a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Several kilometers along this road you will see shooting up from a bare crag above you a little stone hamlet crowned by the ruins of a mediaeval fortress.
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading Several kilometers along this road you will see shooting up from a bare crag above you a little stone hamlet crowned by the ruins of a mediaeval fortress.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading Several kilometers along this road you will see shooting up from a bare crag above you a little stone hamlet crowned by the ruins of a mediaeval fortress.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
having a sharp inclination
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
STEPHENnounUS /ˈstiːvən/
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading STEPHEN LEACOCK.
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Several kilometers along this road you will see shooting up from a bare crag above you a little stone hamlet crowned by the ruins of a mediaeval fortress.
STOUGHTON
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From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
successive (without a break)
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
carry out
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
thirty-sixadjective
being six more than thirty
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
TivolinounUS /ˈtɪvəli/
a town twenty miles to the east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name); a summer resort during the Roman empire; noted for its waterfalls
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
ViaprepositionUS /ˈvaɪə/
by way of; passing through
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
WEBSTERnounUS /ˈwebstər/
English playwright (1580-1625)
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
at the time that
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
windings
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This is Palestrina, the old Roman Præneste; and a short distance beyond—also on the left—you will find branching off from the straight Roman highway a steep mountain road, which, if you stick to it long enough, will take you, after many windings, to Castel Madama and Tivoli.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading By JEAN WEBSTER Author of ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ ‘Just Patty,’ ‘Dear Enemy’ “The time is coming, let us hope, when the whole English-speaking world will recognise in O. HENRY one of the greatest masters of modern fiction.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading HODDER & STOUGHTON publish all the books by O. HENRY in their famous Popular Series IF you leave the city by the Porta Maggiore and take the Via Prænestina, which leads east into the Sabine hills, at some thirty-six kilometers’ distance from Rome you will pass on your left a grey-walled village climbing up the hillside.
