used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Already the Indian village lay a league behind us.
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading We soon entered a pine forest which ran along a chain of precipitous hills.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Already the Indian village lay a league behind us.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Already the Indian village lay a league behind us.
past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
From this reading We soon entered a pine forest which ran along a chain of precipitous hills.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading We soon entered a pine forest which ran along a chain of precipitous hills.
Epigmenio
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From this reading Fray Epigmenio.
flashesnounUS /ˈflæʃɪz/
plural of “flash” — a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading We soon entered a pine forest which ran along a chain of precipitous hills.
FrayverbUS /freɪ/
wear away by rubbing
From this reading Fray Epigmenio.
gleamverbUS /ɡliːm/
be shiny, as if wet
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading We soon entered a pine forest which ran along a chain of precipitous hills.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
From this reading Already the Indian village lay a league behind us.
interlacedadjectiveUS /ˌɪntərˈleɪst/
having a pattern of fretwork or latticework
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Already the Indian village lay a league behind us.
leaguenounUS /liːɡ/
an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
From this reading Already the Indian village lay a league behind us.
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
literallyadverbUS /ˈlɪtərəli/
in a literal sense
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
and nothing more
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
overheadadverbUS /ˈoʊvərˈhed/
above your head; in the sky
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
pinenounUS /paɪn/
a coniferous tree
From this reading We soon entered a pine forest which ran along a chain of precipitous hills.
precipitousadjectiveUS /prɪˈsɪpɪtəs/
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
From this reading We soon entered a pine forest which ran along a chain of precipitous hills.
showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
pursuingadjectiveUS /pərˈsuːɪŋ/
following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading We soon entered a pine forest which ran along a chain of precipitous hills.
ravinenounUS /rəˈviːn/
a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
past form of “render” — cause to become
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
routenounUS /ruːt/
an established line of travel or access
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
in the near future
From this reading We soon entered a pine forest which ran along a chain of precipitous hills.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Already the Indian village lay a league behind us.
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 The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Already the Indian village lay a league behind us.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading Already the Indian village lay a league behind us.
vividadjectiveUS /ˈvɪvəd/
evoking lifelike images within the mind
From this reading The darkness, which was rendered thicker by the interlaced branches of the trees overhead, was so profound that our horses could literally advance only by the gleam of the vivid flashes of lightning.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The route we were pursuing was through a ravine, the road through which could with difficulty be believed to have been made by the hand of man.
