used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
(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 All was melancholy, silent, poor; life was hard at Romaris for all.
amidstprepositionUS /əˈmɪdst/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The little hamlet of Romaris, on the coast of Finisterre, was very dull and dark and silent.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
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 weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
broomnounUS /bruːm/
a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading The little hamlet of Romaris, on the coast of Finisterre, was very dull and dark and silent.
cowsnounUS /kaʊz/
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The little hamlet of Romaris, on the coast of Finisterre, was very dull and dark and silent.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
plural of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading The little hamlet of Romaris, on the coast of Finisterre, was very dull and dark and silent.
having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
Finisterre
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From this reading The little hamlet of Romaris, on the coast of Finisterre, was very dull and dark and silent.
fishing-boats
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From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
people in general (often used in the plural)
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading All was melancholy, silent, poor; life was hard at Romaris for all.
fro
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From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
death of a person
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
hamletnounUS /ˈhæmlət/
a community of people smaller than a village
From this reading The little hamlet of Romaris, on the coast of Finisterre, was very dull and dark and silent.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading All was melancholy, silent, poor; life was hard at Romaris for all.
heathernounUS /ˈheðər/
common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
knittedadjectiveUS /ˈnɪtəd/
made by intertwining threads in a series of connected loops rather than by weaving
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
landesverbUS /lændz/
third-person singular of “land” — reach or come to rest
From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading All was melancholy, silent, poor; life was hard at Romaris for all.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The little hamlet of Romaris, on the coast of Finisterre, was very dull and dark and silent.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
manoir
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From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
a feeling of thoughtful sadness
From this reading All was melancholy, silent, poor; life was hard at Romaris for all.
nakedadjectiveUS /ˈneɪkəd/
completely unclothed
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
not any; not one
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The little hamlet of Romaris, on the coast of Finisterre, was very dull and dark and silent.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The little hamlet of Romaris, on the coast of Finisterre, was very dull and dark and silent.
and nothing more
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
peasantnounUS /ˈpezənt/
a country person
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading All was melancholy, silent, poor; life was hard at Romaris for all.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
rockingverbUS /ˈrɑːkɪŋ/
-ing form of “rock” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
Romaris
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From this reading The little hamlet of Romaris, on the coast of Finisterre, was very dull and dark and silent.
having or caused by an irregular surface
From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
ruinsnounUS /ˈruːənz/
plural of “ruin” — an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
sailsnounUS /seɪlz/
plural of “sail” — a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
Identical; not different.
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
sandsnounUS /sændz/
the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading The little hamlet of Romaris, on the coast of Finisterre, was very dull and dark and silent.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
surfs
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From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The little hamlet of Romaris, on the coast of Finisterre, was very dull and dark and silent.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
a special situation
From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
precisely as stated
From this reading The little hamlet of Romaris, on the coast of Finisterre, was very dull and dark and silent.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The little hamlet of Romaris, on the coast of Finisterre, was very dull and dark and silent.
weatherbeaten
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From this reading The weatherbeaten church looked grey and naked on a black rock; the ruins of the old _manoir_ faced it amidst sands and surfs; the only thing of beauty was the bay, and that for the folk of Romaris had no beauty; they had seen it kill so many.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Out on the _landes_ some cows were driven through the heather and broom; out on the sea some fishing-boats with rough, red sails were rocking to and fro.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading A few grave peasant women knitted as they walked down the beach or sat at their doors; a few children did the same.
