adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
affairnounUS /əˈfer/
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It was the day of the inquest, the day after his arrival in the place.
againadverbUS /əˈɡen/
anew
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
arrivalnounUS /ərˈaɪvəl/
accomplishment of an objective
From this reading It was the day of the inquest, the day after his arrival in the place.
batteredadjectiveUS /ˈbætərd/
damaged by blows or hard usage
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
BetweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
BlackadjectiveUS /blæk/
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
blueadjectiveUS /bluː/
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
bouldersnounUS /ˈboʊldərz/
plural of “boulder” — a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
breezenounUS /briːz/
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
brokeadjectiveUS /broʊk/
lacking funds
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
clearverbUS /klɪr/
rid of obstructions
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
clearedadjectiveUS /klɪrd/
rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
cliffnounUS /klɪf/
a steep high face of rock
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
coast-wise
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From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
currentnounUS /ˈkɜːrənt/
a flow of electricity through a conductor
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
dappledadjective
having spots or patches of color
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
daynounUS /deɪ/
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It was the day of the inquest, the day after his arrival in the place.
deepadjectiveUS /diːp/
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
directionnounUS /dərˈekʃən/
a line leading to a place or point
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
disgustverbUS /dɪsˈɡʌst/
fill with distaste
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
divedverbUS /daɪvd/
past form of “dive” — drop steeply
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
downadjectiveUS /daʊn/
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
eightadjectiveUS /eɪt/
being one more than seven
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
EnglishnounUS /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
floodedadjectiveUS /ˈflʌdəd/
covered with water
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
footnounUS /fʊt/
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
forcedadjectiveUS /fɔːrst/
produced by or subjected to forcing
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
givenadjectiveUS /ˈɡɪvən/
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
goodadjectiveUS /ɡʊd/
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
greyadjectiveUS /ɡreɪ/
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
handnounUS /hænd/
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
heavyadjectiveUS /ˈhevi/
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
illadjectiveUS /ɪl/
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
inquestnounUS /ˈɪnkwest/
an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death
From this reading It was the day of the inquest, the day after his arrival in the place.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the day of the inquest, the day after his arrival in the place.
LadynounUS /ˈleɪdi/
a polite name for any woman
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
landnounUS /lænd/
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
lateradverbUS /ˈleɪtər/
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
lifenounUS /laɪf/
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
minutesnounUS /ˈmɪnəts/
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
momentnounUS /ˈmoʊmənt/
a particular point in time
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
morningnounUS /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
o'clockadverbUS /əˈklɑːk/
according to the clock
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
outadjectiveUS /aʊt/
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
perfectionnounUS /pərˈfekʃən/
the state of being without a flaw or defect
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
placenounUS /pleɪs/
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading It was the day of the inquest, the day after his arrival in the place.
plansnounUS /plænz/
plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
poolnounUS /puːl/
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
ragingadjectiveUS /ˈreɪdʒɪŋ/
characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
refreshedadjectiveUS /riˈfreʃt/
with restored energy
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
refugenounUS /ˈrefjuːdʒ/
a safe place
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
returnedverbUS /rɪˈtɜːrnd/
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
rocksnounUS /rɑːks/
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
scalingnounUS /ˈskeɪlɪŋ/
the act of arranging in a graduated series
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
seanounUS /siː/
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
skynounUS /skaɪ/
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
sleptverbUS /slept/
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
someadjectiveUS /sʌm/
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
sunnounUS /sʌn/
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
swamverbUS /swæm/
inflected form of “swim” — travel through water
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
TennounUS /ten/
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
thenadverbUS /ðen/
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
tossingverbUS /ˈtɔːsɪŋ/
-ing form of “toss” — throw or toss with a light motion
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
TrentnounUS /trent/
a river in central England that flows generally northeastward to join with the Ouse River and form the Humber
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
turningnounUS /ˈtɜːrnɪŋ/
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
vastadjectiveUS /væst/
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ten minutes later he was scaling the cliff again, and his mind, cleared for the moment of a heavy disgust for the affair he had in hand, was turning over his plans for the morning.
waternounUS /ˈwɔːtər/
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 In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
waynounUS /weɪ/
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Between vast grey boulders he swam out to the tossing open, forced himself some little way against a coast-wise current, and then returned to his refuge battered and refreshed.
weathernounUS /ˈweðər/
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
wentverbUS /went/
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading In this perfection of English weather Trent, who had slept ill, went down before eight o’clock to a pool among the rocks, the direction of which had been given him, and dived deep into clear water.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Lady in Black The sea broke raging upon the foot of the cliff under a good breeze; the sun flooded the land with life from a dappled blue sky.
