used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading It would be strange and beautiful if I could float my face across my picture.
AlexandernounUS /ˌæləɡˈzændər/
European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
From this reading Alexander went down into a battle riding on a horse.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It would be strange and beautiful if I could float my face across my picture.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading * * * * * Napoleon went down into a battle riding on a horse.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would be strange and beautiful if I could float my face across my picture.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading It would be strange and beautiful if I could float my face across my picture.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It would be strange and beautiful if I could float my face across my picture.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading * * * * * Napoleon went down into a battle riding on a horse.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading It would be strange and beautiful if I could float my face across my picture.
floatverbUS /floʊt/
be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading It would be strange and beautiful if I could float my face across my picture.
floatingadjectiveUS /ˈfloʊtɪŋ/
borne up by or suspended in a liquid
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading General Grant went into a wood.
let have
From this reading General Grant went into a wood.
come to pass
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading * * * * * Napoleon went down into a battle riding on a horse.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It would be strange and beautiful if I could float my face across my picture.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It would be strange and beautiful if I could float my face across my picture.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would be strange and beautiful if I could float my face across my picture.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It would be strange and beautiful if I could float my face across my picture.
NapoleonnounUS /nəˈpoʊliən/
French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
From this reading * * * * * Napoleon went down into a battle riding on a horse.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading * * * * * Napoleon went down into a battle riding on a horse.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading It would be strange and beautiful if I could float my face across my picture.
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
From this reading * * * * * Napoleon went down into a battle riding on a horse.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading It would be strange and beautiful if I could float my face across my picture.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
a special situation
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading * * * * * Napoleon went down into a battle riding on a horse.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading If my floating face could come into her presence, if it could come into the presence of any man or any woman--that would be a strange and beautiful thing to have happen.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading General Grant went into a wood.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be strange and beautiful if I could float my face across my picture.
