n. the direction towards which the sun sets
Another night when we was up at the head of the island, just before daylight, here comes a frame-house down, on the west side.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER IX. By degrees the wind abated, vast gray clouds rolled towards the west, and the blue firmament appeared studded with bright stars.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen. The clock of the Invalides struck a quarter to twelve; the west wind bore on its moistened gusts the doleful vibration of the three strokes.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 82. The Burglary. conj. in spite of the fact that; even though
Were I not a Raven, I should have taken the Princess myself, although I am promised.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE SNOW QUEEN An unusual quiet possessed the village, although it was ordinarily quiet enough, in all conscience.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XVII His eyes were like two bright stars; and although the water trickled down his hair, it waved in beautiful curls.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE NAUGHTY BOY n. precious yellow metal used for making coins, ornaments, jewelry, etc
They had come upon a whole clump of crocuses burst into purple and orange and gold.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XV Then nothing but liquor had been found; there would have been a great powwow if it had been the gold.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XXX The sun was deepening the gold of its lances, the bees were going home and the birds were flying past less often.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XXI n. the side that is forward
v. face
One of his upper front teeth was loose.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER V The artist erected a man in the front yard, that resembled a derrick.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER V They sat down, and Tom fastened his candle to the wall in front of them with some clay.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XXXI n. the governing body of a nation, state, or community
It is a misfortune, and government owes nothing to his family.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 44. The Vendetta. Peste, I will do nothing of the kind; the moment they come from government you would find them execrable.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 39. The Guests. The French government, without protecting them openly, as you know, gave countenance to volunteer assistance.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 27. The Story. n. size of the gap between two places
n. the measurement of something from end to end
At length the carriage stopped.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE SNOW QUEEN At length she took the shoes off, and then her legs had peace.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE RED SHOES At length the woman hoped that God was about to grant her desire.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By The Brothers GrimmGet Context In RAPUNZEL ad. very likely
He was probably like herself and had never heard it before.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XVII If she had felt happy it would probably have lulled her to sleep.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XIII The dog looked foolish, and probably felt so; but there was resentment in his heart, too, and a craving for revenge.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER V ad. in the past
a. gone by; past
She had been born ten years ago.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER VII I found the key and got in weeks ago.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XVIII He told them how he had found the lamb just as the sun was rising three mornings ago.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XIX n. an amount of space between two things or people
v. make far off or remote in position or nature
He looked like a person listening to a new sound in the distance and wondering what it was.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XIV They felt no longing for the little village sleeping in the distance beyond the majestic waste of water.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XIV Then the howl of a far-off dog rose on the night air, and was answered by a fainter howl from a remoter distance.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER IX n. movable part of the body at the end of the leg
v. walk
The Knave did so, very carefully, with one foot.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis CarrollGet Context In CHAPTER VIII. The Queen's Croquet-Ground The two marbles lay within a foot of each other.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER VIII She put her foot out of bed and stood on the floor.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XIII a. living in a state of nature
v. show lack of restraint or control
Let her run wild in the garden.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XII Us is near bein wild things ourselves.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XV The boy looked wild enough, for he was badly scared.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XXIII n. a material thing that can be seen and touched
v. refuse to permit some action, speech
But, in fact, he did not object to her as strongly as he had at first.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER X The Rajah did not object to his staying and so the procession was formed.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XXIII By and by the tempest spent itself and died without accomplishing its object.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XXII v. regard with favor
v. assume a facial expression indicating pleasure, favor, or amusement
Then she began to smile slowly.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XV Dickon came in smiling his nicest wide smile.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XIX Dickon went and knelt down by them, smiling his wide smile.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XI a. of great weight; difficult to lift or move
As soon as I got started I took out after the raft, hot and heavy, right down the towhead.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XV. She was awakened in the night by the sound of rain beating with heavy drops against her window.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XIII It would be better to explore some of these than bear the weight of the heavy time in idleness.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XXXI a. simple or ordinary
I can see that plain enough, she said outspokenly.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER IV There was a stiff, plain little girl rather like herself.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER VI Mary sat in her corner of the railway carriage and looked plain and fretful.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER II v. (past tense) compose; mark letters, words, or other symbols on a surface
But he wrote it again, nevertheless; he could not help it.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XVI Tom said it was a good idea, so he took a pencil and wrote it in.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER II. So Tom got out a sheet of paper that he had wrote the oath on, and read it.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER II. a. violently separated into small pieces;damaged
v. (past participle) cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock
This indifference must be broken up at any cost.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XII This time there were TWO little shrieks, and more sounds of broken glass.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis CarrollGet Context In CHAPTER IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill The cholera had broken out in its most fatal form and people were dying like flies.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER I v. come into sight; become visible
v. perform publicly, as in a play, dance
There was a third point in view, which will appear hereafter.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 18. The Treasure. He did appear much disturbed when he read the letter that had brought me into this scrape.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber. There are, indeed, some things which appear so impossible that the mind does not dwell on them for an instant.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 16. A Learned Italian. ad. without speed
a. slow: moving at a low speed
She walked away, slowly thinking.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER VII The Dormouse slowly opened his eyes.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis CarrollGet Context In CHAPTER VII. A Mad Tea-Party She walked slowly down this place and stared at the faces which also seemed to stare at her.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER VI ad. as a replacement
ad. in preference
He looked as if he were made of flesh instead of ivory or wax.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XXI And now, as usual of late, he hung about the gate of the schoolyard instead of playing with his comrades.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XII The far-reaching world of the moor itself looked softly blue instead of gloomy purple-black or awful dreary gray.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER VII a. lifted; located or moved above the normal position
v. (past tense) lift or move to a higher position or level
It lays in de way Sollermun was raised.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XIV. He reminded them of the imposing secret, and raised a ray of cheer.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XVI By and by he raised up part way and listened, with his head to one side.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER VI. n. a set of connected things
n. the world or universe
He has been fortifying you, his beloved child, against the fatal effects of the poison, which has failed because your system was already impregnated with it.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 100. The Apparition. They considered the moon alone to be inhabited: they imagined it was the real heart of the universe or planetary system, on which the genuine Cosmopolites, or citizens of the world, dwelt.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE Oh," said Danglars, "I can, when circumstances render it desirable, adopt your system, although it may not be my general practice.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 95. Father and Daughter. a. making little or no noise
v. make or become silent, calm, or still
That was why the place was so quiet.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER I She gradually ceased crying and became quiet.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER IV They were really very quiet for a little while.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XXI n. a body of words
n. the system of communication used by a particular country
Eating the snake had given him power of understanding the language of animals.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By The Brothers GrimmGet Context In THE WHITE SNAKE The longer he spoke with the boatmen, the more unintelligible did their language become to him.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE They had a language too; but surely nobody can expect that the soul of the watchman should understand it.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE n. a period of seven days
I have been to talk to him every day this week.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XV The sun shone down for nearly a week on the secret garden.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER X Mrs. Medlock said I was to have a shilling a week to spend.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER IX v. doubt
n. something strange and surprising
And in wonder Mary and Dickon stood and stared at him.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XX She had begun to wonder why she had never seemed to belong to anyone even when her father and mother had been alive.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER II More than once Dickon paused in what he was doing and stood still with a sort of growing wonder in his eyes, shaking his head softly.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XXI n. a person's bodily shape
v. judge, or think about
She was tall and of slender figure, and of a dazzling whiteness.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE SNOW QUEEN At his door he perceived a figure in the shadow that seemed to wait for him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 9. The Evening of the Betrothal. Carmela was precisely the age and figure of Teresa, and Teresa was as handsome as Carmela.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits. a. next after the second
a. ranked one level below the second
And the third night he did the same.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By The Brothers GrimmGet Context In THE FROG-PRINCE The robe of the one was red, that of the second blue, and that of the third white.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE SNOW QUEEN The same thing happened the second and third night: so the king ordered his head to be cut off.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By The Brothers GrimmGet Context In THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES a. easily understood or done
Dickon was quite simple and unaffected about it.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XXVI It is a simple daisy, just bursting out of the bud.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE The simple fact that he could, took the desire away, and the charm of it.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XXII v. be left; continue to exist
No, thank you; I shall remain and look over the accounts with Danglars.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 1. Marseilles—The Arrival. You see that the men are gone; but my mother is still here, and will remain.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE SNOW QUEEN I have promised to remain forever with you, and now I could not break my promise if I would.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 19. The Third Attack. v. contend with in battle or combat; war against
v. beat on somebody each other; quarrel
Then there were reading exercises, and a spelling fight.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XXI So the next morning the wolf sent the boar to challenge Sultan to come into the wood to fight the matter.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By The Brothers GrimmGet Context In OLD SULTAN If they had been two little street boys they would have sprung at each other and had a rough-and-tumble fight.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XVI n. continuous upright solid structure of stone, brick, concrete, etc. used to enclose, divide or protect
When she awakened she lay and stared at the wall.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER I Mary began to laugh, and as he hopped and took little flights along the wall she ran after him.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER V He twittered and chirped and hopped along the wall as if he were telling her all sorts of things.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER V n. a consequence, effect, or outcome of something
v. occur or follow as the consequence of something
The boys examined three of them with no result.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XXXIII The children stood still and listened; but there was no result.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XXXI As to Monte Cristo the result had surpassed his utmost expectations.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 52. Toxicology. prep. at the side of; next to
ad. along the side of something
He threw himself upon his knees and Mary went down beside him.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XV They danced hand in hand beside the calm lake in the clear moonshine.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE SNOW QUEEN She went and stood beside him and watched him a few moments in her cold little way.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER IV ad. rapidly; very soon
Mary was quite willing to go quickly.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XIV She ran as quickly as she could to the garden.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XII She ran back to the house as quickly as her feet would carry her.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XVI n. attention
v. become aware of
She had wondered if he would notice her.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER VIII He took no notice of her and so at last she spoke to him.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER IV He would hang out no signals, he would take notice of none.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER III a. full of light; shining
a. full of life; cheerful; happy
Her hair was ruffled on her forehead and her cheeks were bright pink.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XII She had such red cheeks and such bright eyes and ate such a dinner that Martha was delighted.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER IX The chirp came from a thick holly bush, bright with scarlet berries, and Mary thought she knew whose it was.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER X