used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
bakingnounUS /ˈbeɪkɪŋ/
making bread or cake or pastry etc.
From this reading Next, you will see a baking woman leaning over her heated oven.
brushverbUS /brʌʃ/
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
From this reading Give her this brush.
bucketnounUS /ˈbʌkət/
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading Lastly, you will find a well on your left; do not forget to take the cord of the bucket and spread it in the sun.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
cakenounUS /keɪk/
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
without stop or interruption
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
cordnounUS /kɔːrd/
a line made of twisted fibers or threads
From this reading Lastly, you will find a well on your left; do not forget to take the cord of the bucket and spread it in the sun.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Lastly, you will find a well on your left; do not forget to take the cord of the bucket and spread it in the sun.
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading When you have done this, do not enter the castle, but go round it and enter the orange grove.
to come or go into
From this reading When you have done this, do not enter the castle, but go round it and enter the orange grove.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Lastly, you will find a well on your left; do not forget to take the cord of the bucket and spread it in the sun.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Lastly, you will find a well on your left; do not forget to take the cord of the bucket and spread it in the sun.
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Give her this brush.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading When you have done this, do not enter the castle, but go round it and enter the orange grove.
grovenounUS /ɡroʊv/
a small growth of trees without underbrush
From this reading When you have done this, do not enter the castle, but go round it and enter the orange grove.
guardsnounUS /ɡɑːrdz/
plural of “guard” — a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading When you have done this, do not enter the castle, but go round it and enter the orange grove.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
heatedadjectiveUS /ˈhiːtəd/
made warm or hot (“het” is a dialectal variant of “heated”)
From this reading Next, you will see a baking woman leaning over her heated oven.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Next, you will see a baking woman leaning over her heated oven.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lastly, you will find a well on your left; do not forget to take the cord of the bucket and spread it in the sun.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Lastly, you will find a well on your left; do not forget to take the cord of the bucket and spread it in the sun.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
and nothing more
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
LastlyadverbUS /ˈlæstli/
the item at the end
From this reading Lastly, you will find a well on your left; do not forget to take the cord of the bucket and spread it in the sun.
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading Next, you will see a baking woman leaning over her heated oven.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Lastly, you will find a well on your left; do not forget to take the cord of the bucket and spread it in the sun.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Next, you will see a baking woman leaning over her heated oven.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Lastly, you will find a well on your left; do not forget to take the cord of the bucket and spread it in the sun.
oatnounUS /oʊt/
annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: “oats”)
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Lastly, you will find a well on your left; do not forget to take the cord of the bucket and spread it in the sun.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
orangenounUS /ˈɔːrəndʒ/
round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
From this reading When you have done this, do not enter the castle, but go round it and enter the orange grove.
ovennounUS /ˈʌvən/
kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
From this reading Next, you will see a baking woman leaning over her heated oven.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Next, you will see a baking woman leaning over her heated oven.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading When you have done this, do not enter the castle, but go round it and enter the orange grove.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Next, you will see a baking woman leaning over her heated oven.
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading Lastly, you will find a well on your left; do not forget to take the cord of the bucket and spread it in the sun.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading Lastly, you will find a well on your left; do not forget to take the cord of the bucket and spread it in the sun.
carry out
From this reading Lastly, you will find a well on your left; do not forget to take the cord of the bucket and spread it in the sun.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
propel through the air
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Lastly, you will find a well on your left; do not forget to take the cord of the bucket and spread it in the sun.
at the time that
From this reading When you have done this, do not enter the castle, but go round it and enter the orange grove.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
in the company of; together with
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Next, you will see a baking woman leaning over her heated oven.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘The gate will open of itself,’ he continued, ‘and a huge dog which guards the castle will come to you with his mouth wide open, but just throw him this oat cake.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Lastly, you will find a well on your left; do not forget to take the cord of the bucket and spread it in the sun.
