used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
next to; at the side of
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
blue-clad
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From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
divisible by two
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I heard the siren in my phones.
helmetnounUS /ˈhelmət/
armor plate that protects the head
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
hopelesslyadverbUS /ˈhoʊpləsli/
in a hopeless manner
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
howledverbUS /haʊld/
past form of “howl” — emit long loud cries
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
landlockedadjectiveUS /ˈlændlɑːkt/
surrounded entirely or almost entirely by land
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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 I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
loomingverbUS /ˈluːmɪŋ/
-ing form of “loom” — come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
lungsnounUS /lʌŋz/
plural of “lung” — either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
motorcyclenounUS /ˈmoʊtərsaɪkəl/
a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
ninetyadjectiveUS /ˈnaɪnti/
being ten more than eighty
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
phonesnounUS /foʊnz/
plural of “phone” — electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading I heard the siren in my phones.
PouringadjectiveUS /ˈpɔːrɪŋ/
flowing profusely
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
shallowadjectiveUS /ˈʃæloʊ/
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
sirennounUS /ˈsaɪrən/
a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived
From this reading I heard the siren in my phones.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
space-travelers
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From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
Star-crossed
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From this reading Star-crossed?
suckverbUS /sʌk/
draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
sweatnounUS /swet/
salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Worse than that!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Worse than that!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
UnounUS /juː/
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
wavingnounUS /ˈweɪvɪŋ/
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
which person or people
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
windshieldnounUS /ˈwɪndʃiːld/
transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
wishingnounUS /ˈwɪʃɪŋ/
a specific feeling of desire
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading Worse than that!
