Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
affectionate
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
alarm
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
all
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
almost
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
always
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
apparently
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
arm
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
back-parlour
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
bookseller
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
bookseller's
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
boy's
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
bushy
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
by-and-by
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The table was laid for a fourth; and by-and-by they heard him coming through the shop--in a hurry too.
chair
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
coming
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The table was laid for a fourth; and by-and-by they heard him coming through the shop--in a hurry too.
contented
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
Dresden-china
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
eager
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
Embankment
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
evidently
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
eyebrows
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
eyes
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
family
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
footsteps
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
fourthnounUS /fourth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The table was laid for a fourth; and by-and-by they heard him coming through the shop--in a hurry too.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
girl
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
granted
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
gray
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
haphazard
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
hat
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
heard
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The table was laid for a fourth; and by-and-by they heard him coming through the shop--in a hurry too.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The table was laid for a fourth; and by-and-by they heard him coming through the shop--in a hurry too.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
horsehair
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
hurry
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The table was laid for a fourth; and by-and-by they heard him coming through the shop--in a hurry too.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
jacket
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
lady
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
laid
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The table was laid for a fourth; and by-and-by they heard him coming through the shop--in a hurry too.
lamp's
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
lay
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
made
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
man
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
members
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
old
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
persons
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
pretty
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
proprietor
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
raising
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
rose
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
round
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
sat
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
sensitive
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
shop
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
sofa
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
sound
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
spectacles
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
Strand
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
stranger
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
table
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The table was laid for a fourth; and by-and-by they heard him coming through the shop--in a hurry too.
taking
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
talk
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
talked
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
tea
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
three
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The table was laid for a fourth; and by-and-by they heard him coming through the shop--in a hurry too.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
too
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The table was laid for a fourth; and by-and-by they heard him coming through the shop--in a hurry too.
twenty
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
twenty-one
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
up
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The old lady, always sensitive to the sound of her boy's footsteps, looked up almost in alarm, but the girl half rose from her chair, her eyes eager.
very
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
visitor
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
voices
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
wall
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading They talked, all three, as members of a family talk, when contented and affectionate; at haphazard, taking one another for granted, not raising their voices.
wife
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the back-parlour of a bookseller's shop, between the Strand and the Embankment, three persons sat at tea; the proprietor of the shop, a gray little man with round spectacles and bushy eyebrows, his wife, and a pretty girl of twenty or twenty-one.
wore
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The girl apparently was a visitor, for she wore her hat, and her jacket lay across the arm of an old horsehair sofa that stood against the wall in the lamp's half shadow; and yet the gray little bookseller and his little Dresden-china wife very evidently made no stranger of her.
