used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
bossnounUS /bɑːs/
a person who exercises control over workers
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
burlyadjectiveUS /ˈbɜːrli/
muscular and heavily built
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Jeff heard a groan, and then a far-off voice call:
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
Crowley
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From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
débris
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From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
far-offadjective
very far away in space or time
From this reading Jeff heard a groan, and then a far-off voice call:
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
start firing a weapon
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
plural of “flame” — the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
the act of departing
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
groannounUS /ɡroʊn/
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading Jeff heard a groan, and then a far-off voice call:
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Jeff heard a groan, and then a far-off voice call:
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
HellonounUS /həˈloʊ/
an expression of greeting
From this reading “Hello, down there!”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
Jeff
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From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
the force of workers available
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
ragingadjectiveUS /ˈreɪdʒɪŋ/
characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
having or caused by an irregular surface
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
scorchedadjectiveUS /skɔːrtʃt/
Burned by flames or heat; blackened by intense magical or physical fire.
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
swarmedverbUS /swɔːrmd/
past form of “swarm” — be teeming, be abuzz
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
tanglenounUS /ˈtæŋɡəl/
a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Jeff heard a groan, and then a far-off voice call:
in or at that place or location
From this reading “Hello, down there!”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
thickeradjectiveUS /ˈθɪkər/
comparative of “thick” — not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
Tim
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From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
timbernounUS /ˈtɪmbər/
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Jeff heard a groan, and then a far-off voice call:
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
in or at the place that
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading It was rough going over the mass of débris, and the tangle of iron and wood seemed to grow thicker as they approached the point where the fire was raging.
wrecknounUS /rek/
something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading THE VICTIM A half dozen men swarmed over the wreck in the wake of the burly boss and Jeff went along with them.
wreckagenounUS /ˈrekədʒ/
the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked
From this reading So close to the flames that their faces felt scorched, Tim Crowley stopped and got down on his hands and knees, and with his face to an opening between some timber that seemed to reach down into the heart of the mass of wreckage, he shouted:
