through |θroō|
preposition & adverb
1 moving in one side and out of the other side of (an opening, channel, or location) : [as prep. ] stepping boldly through the doorway | [as adv. ] as soon as we opened the gate, they came streaming through.
• so as to make a hole or opening in (a physical object) : [as prep. ] the truck smashed through a brick wall | [as adv. ] a cucumber, slit, but not all the way through.
• moving around or from one side to the other within (a crowd or group) : [as prep. ] making my way through the guests.
• so as to be perceived from the other side of (an intervening obstacle) : [as prep. ] the sun was streaming in through the window | [as adv. ] the glass in the front door where the moonlight streamed through.
• [ prep. ] expressing the position or location of something beyond or at the far end of (an opening or an obstacle) : the approach to the church is through a gate.
• expressing the extent of turning from one orientation to another : [as prep. ] each joint can move through an angle within fixed limits.
across |əˈkrôs; əˈkräs|
preposition & adverb
from one side to the other of (something)
• expressing movement over a place or region : I ran across the street | traveling across Europe | [as adv. ] he had swum across.
• expressing position or orientation : they lived across the street from one another | the bridge across the river | [as adv. ] he looked across at me | halfway across, Jenny jumped.
• [as adv. ] used with an expression of measurement : can grow to 4 feet across.
• [as adv. ] with reference to a crossword puzzle answer that reads horizontally : 19 across.