used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And now came, in two great cut-glass dishes, the “Plettenpudding.”
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading At the same time, at the other end of the table, appeared the blazing plum-pudding which was the children’s favourite sweet.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the same time, at the other end of the table, appeared the blazing plum-pudding which was the children’s favourite sweet.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “In the second cellar to the right, the second bin, behind the red Bordeaux, two bottles--you understand?”
binnounUS /bɪn/
a container; usually has a lid
From this reading “In the second cellar to the right, the second bin, behind the red Bordeaux, two bottles--you understand?”
blazingadjectiveUS /ˈbleɪzɪŋ/
shining intensely
From this reading At the same time, at the other end of the table, appeared the blazing plum-pudding which was the children’s favourite sweet.
BordeauxnounUS /bɔːrˈdoʊ/
a port city in southwestern France; a major center of the wine trade
From this reading “In the second cellar to the right, the second bin, behind the red Bordeaux, two bottles--you understand?”
bottlesnounUS /ˈbɑːtəlz/
plural of “bottle” — a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading “In the second cellar to the right, the second bin, behind the red Bordeaux, two bottles--you understand?”
Buddenbrook
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From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
bunchnounUS /bʌntʃ/
a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And now came, in two great cut-glass dishes, the “Plettenpudding.”
cellarnounUS /ˈselər/
the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
From this reading “In the second cellar to the right, the second bin, behind the red Bordeaux, two bottles--you understand?”
children's
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From this reading At the same time, at the other end of the table, appeared the blazing plum-pudding which was the children’s favourite sweet.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
custardnounUS /ˈkʌstərd/
sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen
From this reading It was made of layers of macaroons, raspberries, lady-fingers, and custard.
cut-glass
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From this reading And now came, in two great cut-glass dishes, the “Plettenpudding.”
dishesnounUS /ˈdɪʃəz/
plural of “dish” — a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
From this reading And now came, in two great cut-glass dishes, the “Plettenpudding.”
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading At the same time, at the other end of the table, appeared the blazing plum-pudding which was the children’s favourite sweet.
a competitor thought likely to win
From this reading At the same time, at the other end of the table, appeared the blazing plum-pudding which was the children’s favourite sweet.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading And now came, in two great cut-glass dishes, the “Plettenpudding.”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And now came, in two great cut-glass dishes, the “Plettenpudding.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was made of layers of macaroons, raspberries, lady-fingers, and custard.
Johann
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From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
keysnounUS /kiːz/
plural of “key” — metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
lady-fingers
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From this reading It was made of layers of macaroons, raspberries, lady-fingers, and custard.
layersnounUS /ˈleɪərz/
plural of “layer” — single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
From this reading It was made of layers of macaroons, raspberries, lady-fingers, and custard.
macaroons
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From this reading It was made of layers of macaroons, raspberries, lady-fingers, and custard.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading It was made of layers of macaroons, raspberries, lady-fingers, and custard.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And now came, in two great cut-glass dishes, the “Plettenpudding.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was made of layers of macaroons, raspberries, lady-fingers, and custard.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading At the same time, at the other end of the table, appeared the blazing plum-pudding which was the children’s favourite sweet.
Plettenpudding
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From this reading And now came, in two great cut-glass dishes, the “Plettenpudding.”
plum-pudding
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From this reading At the same time, at the other end of the table, appeared the blazing plum-pudding which was the children’s favourite sweet.
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
raspberriesnounUS /ˈræzberiz/
plural of “raspberry” — woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries
From this reading It was made of layers of macaroons, raspberries, lady-fingers, and custard.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading “In the second cellar to the right, the second bin, behind the red Bordeaux, two bottles--you understand?”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “In the second cellar to the right, the second bin, behind the red Bordeaux, two bottles--you understand?”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
Identical; not different.
From this reading At the same time, at the other end of the table, appeared the blazing plum-pudding which was the children’s favourite sweet.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “In the second cellar to the right, the second bin, behind the red Bordeaux, two bottles--you understand?”
a male human offspring
From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading At the same time, at the other end of the table, appeared the blazing plum-pudding which was the children’s favourite sweet.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading At the same time, at the other end of the table, appeared the blazing plum-pudding which was the children’s favourite sweet.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And now came, in two great cut-glass dishes, the “Plettenpudding.”
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading At the same time, at the other end of the table, appeared the blazing plum-pudding which was the children’s favourite sweet.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “In the second cellar to the right, the second bin, behind the red Bordeaux, two bottles--you understand?”
trousersnounUS /ˈtraʊzərz/
(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
From this reading “Thomas, my son, come here a minute,” said Johann Buddenbrook, taking his great bunch of keys from his trousers pocket.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading And now came, in two great cut-glass dishes, the “Plettenpudding.”
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading “In the second cellar to the right, the second bin, behind the red Bordeaux, two bottles--you understand?”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was made of layers of macaroons, raspberries, lady-fingers, and custard.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading At the same time, at the other end of the table, appeared the blazing plum-pudding which was the children’s favourite sweet.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “In the second cellar to the right, the second bin, behind the red Bordeaux, two bottles--you understand?”
