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 THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
always
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Would its remembrance always cling to me like this?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
anger
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Horrible night of anger, of struggle, of death, of blood!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
bed
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Horrible night of anger, of struggle, of death, of blood!
blue
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
branch
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
bright
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hop Lee thought I had broken my promise to him.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
cling
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Would its remembrance always cling to me like this?
crimson
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
days
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
death
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Horrible night of anger, of struggle, of death, of blood!
draped
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
eyes
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
FLAMES
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
front
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
FURNACE
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
gold
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
gone
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Hop Lee thought I had broken my promise to him.
Hop
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hop Lee thought I had broken my promise to him.
Horrible
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Horrible night of anger, of struggle, of death, of blood!
hot
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
How
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
hung
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Would its remembrance always cling to me like this?
large
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
lay
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
Lee
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hop Lee thought I had broken my promise to him.
LIFE'S
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
light
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
like
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Would its remembrance always cling to me like this?
many
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
mists
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
mosquito-curtains
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
night
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
out
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
palm
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
promise
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hop Lee thought I had broken my promise to him.
raised
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
remembrance
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Would its remembrance always cling to me like this?
room
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
round
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
shewing
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
side
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
sky
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
slowly
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
square
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
stretched
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
struggle
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Horrible night of anger, of struggle, of death, of blood!
swayed
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Would its remembrance always cling to me like this?
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hop Lee thought I had broken my promise to him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Would its remembrance always cling to me like this?
veiled
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
vivid
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
weary
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading How many weary days and nights had gone slowly by since that night which hung veiled in crimson mists in my memory!
windows
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE FLAMES OF LIFE'S FURNACE A large room with open windows shewing a great square of hot blue sky and a palm branch that swayed in front of them, bright gold in the vivid light, was before my eyes as I lay alone, stretched out on my bed, the mosquito-curtains draped round me, and raised on the side next the windows.
Wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would its remembrance always cling to me like this?
