Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

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

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading It appeared to me that God, in his own way, had made me a blind instrument to do his work.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The big Maori on the wharf at Levuka knew of the hell upon the Isle of Tears.

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

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading The big Maori on the wharf at Levuka knew of the hell upon the Isle of Tears.

people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

From this reading It appeared to me that God, in his own way, had made me a blind instrument to do his work.

that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

-ing form of “burst” — come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

From this reading My brain seemed bursting within my skull.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

a young person of either sex

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading It appeared to me that God, in his own way, had made me a blind instrument to do his work.

coming down freely under the influence of gravity

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

the organ of sight

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

From this reading It appeared to me that God, in his own way, had made me a blind instrument to do his work.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading It appeared to me that God, in his own way, had made me a blind instrument to do his work.

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

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

any place of pain and turmoil

From this reading The big Maori on the wharf at Levuka knew of the hell upon the Isle of Tears.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading It appeared to me that God, in his own way, had made me a blind instrument to do his work.

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

From this reading I understood!

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

From this reading It appeared to me that God, in his own way, had made me a blind instrument to do his work.

plural of “incident” — a single distinct event

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

a device that requires skill for proper use

From this reading It appeared to me that God, in his own way, had made me a blind instrument to do his work.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

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

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

a small island

From this reading The big Maori on the wharf at Levuka knew of the hell upon the Isle of Tears.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading The big Maori on the wharf at Levuka knew of the hell upon the Isle of Tears.

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From this reading The big Maori on the wharf at Levuka knew of the hell upon the Isle of Tears.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading It appeared to me that God, in his own way, had made me a blind instrument to do his work.

an ethnic minority of Polynesian and Melanesian descent who speak Maori and live in New Zealand

From this reading The big Maori on the wharf at Levuka knew of the hell upon the Isle of Tears.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading It appeared to me that God, in his own way, had made me a blind instrument to do his work.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The big Maori on the wharf at Levuka knew of the hell upon the Isle of Tears.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading It appeared to me that God, in his own way, had made me a blind instrument to do his work.

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

plural of “piece” — a separate part of a whole

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

existing or coming before

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

be a mystery or bewildering to

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates

From this reading My brain seemed bursting within my skull.

plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

past form of “stumble” — walk unsteadily

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

happening unexpectedly

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

From this reading The big Maori on the wharf at Levuka knew of the hell upon the Isle of Tears.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

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

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

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

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

in the direction of

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation

From this reading I understood!

a formal word for “on”

From this reading The big Maori on the wharf at Levuka knew of the hell upon the Isle of Tears.

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 THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading It appeared to me that God, in his own way, had made me a blind instrument to do his work.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

From this reading The big Maori on the wharf at Levuka knew of the hell upon the Isle of Tears.

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

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

which person or people

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

plural of “wizard” — someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

From this reading THE WIZARDS' SEAT As we stumbled toward the spot from which came the sounds of running water, the incidents of the preceding ten days seemed to be dropping into their places within my brain like the pieces of a picture puzzle that has suddenly become plain to the eye of the child who is putting it together.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading It appeared to me that God, in his own way, had made me a blind instrument to do his work.