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Chapter XV
A HOT DAY IN MELBOURNE. A hot, scorching day. The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat. The sky glared down whitely, and the blinding sun scorched up moisture and vegetation with its eye of fire. The very clouds where white with heat, and to look up at them made one dizzy.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The very clouds where white with heat, and to look up at them made one dizzy.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The very clouds where white with heat, and to look up at them made one dizzy.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.”
Burned by flames or heat; blackened by intense magical or physical fire.
From this reading “The sky glared down whitely, and the blinding sun scorched up moisture and vegetation with its eye of fire.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A HOT DAY IN MELBOURNE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
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From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The very clouds where white with heat, and to look up at them made one dizzy.
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From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
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From this reading The sky glared down whitely, and the blinding sun scorched up moisture and vegetation with its eye of fire.
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From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
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From this reading The very clouds where white with heat, and to look up at them made one dizzy.
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From this reading A HOT DAY IN MELBOURNE.
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From this reading The very clouds where white with heat, and to look up at them made one dizzy.
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From this reading The sky glared down whitely, and the blinding sun scorched up moisture and vegetation with its eye of fire.
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From this reading The sky glared down whitely, and the blinding sun scorched up moisture and vegetation with its eye of fire.
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From this reading The sky glared down whitely, and the blinding sun scorched up moisture and vegetation with its eye of fire.
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From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
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From this reading The sky glared down whitely, and the blinding sun scorched up moisture and vegetation with its eye of fire.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
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From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
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From this reading A HOT DAY IN MELBOURNE.
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From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A HOT DAY IN MELBOURNE.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The sky glared down whitely, and the blinding sun scorched up moisture and vegetation with its eye of fire.
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From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The very clouds where white with heat, and to look up at them made one dizzy.
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From this reading The very clouds where white with heat, and to look up at them made one dizzy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A HOT DAY IN MELBOURNE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sky glared down whitely, and the blinding sun scorched up moisture and vegetation with its eye of fire.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The very clouds where white with heat, and to look up at them made one dizzy.
above and across; more than
From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
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From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
Burned by flames or heat; blackened by intense magical or physical fire.
From this reading The sky glared down whitely, and the blinding sun scorched up moisture and vegetation with its eye of fire.
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From this reading A hot, scorching day.
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From this reading The sky glared down whitely, and the blinding sun scorched up moisture and vegetation with its eye of fire.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
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From this reading The sky glared down whitely, and the blinding sun scorched up moisture and vegetation with its eye of fire.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The very clouds where white with heat, and to look up at them made one dizzy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The very clouds where white with heat, and to look up at them made one dizzy.
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From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
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From this reading The sky glared down whitely, and the blinding sun scorched up moisture and vegetation with its eye of fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sky glared down whitely, and the blinding sun scorched up moisture and vegetation with its eye of fire.
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From this reading The very clouds where white with heat, and to look up at them made one dizzy.
in or at the place that
From this reading The very clouds where white with heat, and to look up at them made one dizzy.
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From this reading The very clouds where white with heat, and to look up at them made one dizzy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sky glared down whitely, and the blinding sun scorched up moisture and vegetation with its eye of fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The winds having travelled, over hundreds of miles of arid plain and smoking bush, floated into Melbourne, laden with blazing heat.
