adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
attacknounUS /əˈtæk/
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
From this reading She was silent for a moment, and then resumed with energy, "I believe he was at the bottom of that attack last night."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
believeverbUS /bɪˈliːv/
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading She was silent for a moment, and then resumed with energy, "I believe he was at the bottom of that attack last night."
belongsverbUS /bɪˈlɔːŋz/
third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading "Then it belongs to the poor pirates who risked their own lives for it, rather than to Sleight, who did nothing."
bottomnounUS /ˈbɑːtəm/
the lower side of anything
From this reading She was silent for a moment, and then resumed with energy, "I believe he was at the bottom of that attack last night."
brothernounUS /ˈbrʌðər/
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But there were no heirs," said Renshaw.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
Callao
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From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
courtsnounUS /kɔːrts/
plural of “court” — an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
decidedadjectiveUS /ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd/
recognizable; marked
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Then it belongs to the poor pirates who risked their own lives for it, rather than to Sleight, who did nothing."
energynounUS /ˈenərdʒi/
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
From this reading She was silent for a moment, and then resumed with energy, "I believe he was at the bottom of that attack last night."
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Then it belongs to the poor pirates who risked their own lives for it, rather than to Sleight, who did nothing."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have thought so too," said Renshaw.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
heirsnounUS /erz/
plural of “heir” — a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
From this reading "But there were no heirs," said Renshaw.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She was silent for a moment, and then resumed with energy, "I believe he was at the bottom of that attack last night."
impostornounUS /ˌɪmˈpɔːstər/
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Then it belongs to the poor pirates who risked their own lives for it, rather than to Sleight, who did nothing."
lastadjectiveUS /læst/
immediately past
From this reading She was silent for a moment, and then resumed with energy, "I believe he was at the bottom of that attack last night."
libelled
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
livesnounUS /lɪvz/
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "Then it belongs to the poor pirates who risked their own lives for it, rather than to Sleight, who did nothing."
lunaticadjectiveUS /ˈluːnətɪk/
insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
momentnounUS /ˈmoʊmənt/
a particular point in time
From this reading She was silent for a moment, and then resumed with energy, "I believe he was at the bottom of that attack last night."
nightnounUS /naɪt/
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading She was silent for a moment, and then resumed with energy, "I believe he was at the bottom of that attack last night."
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "But there were no heirs," said Renshaw.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "Then it belongs to the poor pirates who risked their own lives for it, rather than to Sleight, who did nothing."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was silent for a moment, and then resumed with energy, "I believe he was at the bottom of that attack last night."
ownverbUS /oʊn/
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "Then it belongs to the poor pirates who risked their own lives for it, rather than to Sleight, who did nothing."
piratesnounUS /ˈpaɪrəts/
plural of “pirate” — someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
From this reading "Then it belongs to the poor pirates who risked their own lives for it, rather than to Sleight, who did nothing."
PontiacnounUS /ˈpɑːntiæk/
famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769)
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
pooradjectiveUS /puːr/
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "Then it belongs to the poor pirates who risked their own lives for it, rather than to Sleight, who did nothing."
pretendedadjectiveUS /priˈtendɪd/
adopted in order to deceive
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
provedadjectiveUS /pruːvd/
established beyond doubt
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
ratheradverbUS /ˈræðər/
on the contrary
From this reading "Then it belongs to the poor pirates who risked their own lives for it, rather than to Sleight, who did nothing."
Renshaw
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From this reading "But there were no heirs," said Renshaw.
resumedverbUS /rɪˈzuːmd/
past form of “resume” — take up or begin anew
From this reading She was silent for a moment, and then resumed with energy, "I believe he was at the bottom of that attack last night."
riskedverbUS /rɪskt/
past form of “risk” — expose to a chance of loss or damage
From this reading "Then it belongs to the poor pirates who risked their own lives for it, rather than to Sleight, who did nothing."
saidadjectiveUS /sed/
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "But there were no heirs," said Renshaw.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was silent for a moment, and then resumed with energy, "I believe he was at the bottom of that attack last night."
silentadjectiveUS /ˈsaɪlənt/
marked by absence of sound
From this reading She was silent for a moment, and then resumed with energy, "I believe he was at the bottom of that attack last night."
SleightnounUS /slaɪt/
adroitness in using the hands
From this reading "Then it belongs to the poor pirates who risked their own lives for it, rather than to Sleight, who did nothing."
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I have thought so too," said Renshaw.
someadjectiveUS /sʌm/
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "Then it belongs to the poor pirates who risked their own lives for it, rather than to Sleight, who did nothing."
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "Then it belongs to the poor pirates who risked their own lives for it, rather than to Sleight, who did nothing."
ThenadverbUS /ðen/
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then it belongs to the poor pirates who risked their own lives for it, rather than to Sleight, who did nothing."
thereadverbUS /ðer/
in or at that place or location
From this reading "But there were no heirs," said Renshaw.
thoughtnounUS /θɔːt/
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "I have thought so too," said Renshaw.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
tooadverbUS /tuː/
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "I have thought so too," said Renshaw.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "But there were no heirs," said Renshaw.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "That was proved by some impostor who pretended to be his brother, and libelled the Pontiac at Callao, but the courts decided he was a lunatic."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was silent for a moment, and then resumed with energy, "I believe he was at the bottom of that attack last night."
