1892
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From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
agogadjectiveUS /əˈɡɑːɡ/
highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, etc.
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
Alice
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From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
(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 My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Something of the glow of new life that came to the world four hundred years earlier was reflected in the time.
cloth-of-gold
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From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
ColumbianadjectiveUS /ˌkoʊˈlʌmbiən/
of or relating to Christopher Columbus
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
contingentnounUS /kənˈtɪndʒənt/
a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
dashverbUS /dæʃ/
run or move very quickly or hastily
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
dazzlingadjectiveUS /ˈdæzəlɪŋ/
amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning
From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
earlier in time; previously
From this reading Something of the glow of new life that came to the world four hundred years earlier was reflected in the time.
epochnounUS /ˈepək/
a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
glittersnounUS /ˈɡlɪtərz/
plural of “glitter” — the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
an alert and refreshed state
From this reading Something of the glow of new life that came to the world four hundred years earlier was reflected in the time.
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
hollandnounUS /ˈhɑːlənd/
a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
ten 10s
From this reading Something of the glow of new life that came to the world four hundred years earlier was reflected in the time.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LONDON IN THE NINETIES “Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay!”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Something of the glow of new life that came to the world four hundred years earlier was reflected in the time.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading LONDON IN THE NINETIES “Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay!”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
maddeningadjectiveUS /ˈmædənɪŋ/
extremely annoying or displeasing
From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
past form of “march” — march in a procession
From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
motleynounUS /ˈmɑːtli/
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Something of the glow of new life that came to the world four hundred years earlier was reflected in the time.
niecenounUS /niːs/
a daughter of your brother or sister
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
NINETIESnounUS /ˈnaɪntiz/
the decade from 1890 to 1899
From this reading LONDON IN THE NINETIES “Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
(especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back
From this reading Something of the glow of new life that came to the world four hundred years earlier was reflected in the time.
resplendentlyadverb
in an impressively beautiful manner
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
RichardsnounUS /ˈrɪtʃərdz/
English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979)
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
sackclothnoun
a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something of the glow of new life that came to the world four hundred years earlier was reflected in the time.
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
stretchverbUS /stretʃ/
occupy a large, elongated area
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
swaggeringadjectiveUS /ˈswæɡərɪŋ/
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay
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From this reading LONDON IN THE NINETIES “Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay!”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LONDON IN THE NINETIES “Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay!”
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 My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Something of the glow of new life that came to the world four hundred years earlier was reflected in the time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading My husband, my mother, my niece, Alice Richards, and myself made up the swaggering contingent,--“four precious souls and all agog to dash through thick and thin.”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Something of the glow of new life that came to the world four hundred years earlier was reflected in the time.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
at the time that
From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
the words that are spoken
From this reading The absurd words, the maddening air, greeted us when we marched on London, four strong, in that dazzling season of 1892.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Something of the glow of new life that came to the world four hundred years earlier was reflected in the time.
a late time of life
From this reading The Columbian epoch glitters resplendently when I look back along the line of years that stretch behind me, a motley company dressed in cloth-of-gold, sackcloth, and brown holland.
