used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
anglenounUS /ˈæŋɡəl/
the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
closely-trimmed
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From this reading On one side of them was a grove of flowering magnolias, and on the other a high, closely-trimmed hedge skirted the grounds of the Villa Fiolesse.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Leonardo, I wish that you had not come!" she cried.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Leonardo, I wish that you had not come!" she cried.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
dustyadjectiveUS /ˈdʌsti/
covered with a layer of dust
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading At last her fears escaped from her lips.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
fearfullyadverb
in fear
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
plural of “fear” — an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading At last her fears escaped from her lips.
Fiolesse
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From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
floweringnounUS /ˈflaʊərɪŋ/
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
From this reading On one side of them was a grove of flowering magnolias, and on the other a high, closely-trimmed hedge skirted the grounds of the Villa Fiolesse.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
a young female
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading On one side of them was a grove of flowering magnolias, and on the other a high, closely-trimmed hedge skirted the grounds of the Villa Fiolesse.
grovenounUS /ɡroʊv/
a small growth of trees without underbrush
From this reading On one side of them was a grove of flowering magnolias, and on the other a high, closely-trimmed hedge skirted the grounds of the Villa Fiolesse.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Leonardo, I wish that you had not come!" she cried.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
hedgeverbUS /hedʒ/
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
From this reading On one side of them was a grove of flowering magnolias, and on the other a high, closely-trimmed hedge skirted the grounds of the Villa Fiolesse.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading On one side of them was a grove of flowering magnolias, and on the other a high, closely-trimmed hedge skirted the grounds of the Villa Fiolesse.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Leonardo, I wish that you had not come!" she cried.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
interruptionnounUS /ˌɪntərˈʌpʃən/
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
immediately past
From this reading At last her fears escaped from her lips.
LeonardonounUS /ˌliːəˈnɑːrdoʊ/
Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519)
From this reading "Leonardo, I wish that you had not come!" she cried.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading At last her fears escaped from her lips.
hear with intention
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
magnoliasnounUS /mæɡˈnoʊljəz/
plural of “magnolia” — dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine
From this reading On one side of them was a grove of flowering magnolias, and on the other a high, closely-trimmed hedge skirted the grounds of the Villa Fiolesse.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
on one occasion
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading On one side of them was a grove of flowering magnolias, and on the other a high, closely-trimmed hedge skirted the grounds of the Villa Fiolesse.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading On one side of them was a grove of flowering magnolias, and on the other a high, closely-trimmed hedge skirted the grounds of the Villa Fiolesse.
past form of “pause” — interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
get by special effort
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Leonardo, I wish that you had not come!" she cried.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading On one side of them was a grove of flowering magnolias, and on the other a high, closely-trimmed hedge skirted the grounds of the Villa Fiolesse.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
skirtedverbUS /ˈskɜːrtɪd/
past form of “skirt” — avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
From this reading On one side of them was a grove of flowering magnolias, and on the other a high, closely-trimmed hedge skirted the grounds of the Villa Fiolesse.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Leonardo, I wish that you had not come!" she cried.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading On one side of them was a grove of flowering magnolias, and on the other a high, closely-trimmed hedge skirted the grounds of the Villa Fiolesse.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
VillanounUS /ˈvɪlə/
Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
From this reading On one side of them was a grove of flowering magnolias, and on the other a high, closely-trimmed hedge skirted the grounds of the Villa Fiolesse.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On one side of them was a grove of flowering magnolias, and on the other a high, closely-trimmed hedge skirted the grounds of the Villa Fiolesse.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There was not another soul in sight, but, as though the place were not secure enough from interruption, the girl, every now and then, glanced half fearfully around her, and more than once paused in the middle of a sentence to listen.
WERTauxiliary verbUS /wɜːrt/
an old form of “were”, used with “thou”
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
a Caucasian
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading "Leonardo, I wish that you had not come!" she cried.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "BETTER THOU WERT DEAD BEFORE ME" On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse, at a sharp angle in the white dusty road, a man and woman stood talking.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Leonardo, I wish that you had not come!" she cried.
