adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading How Pantagruel relateth a strange history of the perplexity of human judgment.
Abece
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From this reading A wife in Smyrna had of her first husband a child named Abece.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He dying, she, after the expiring of a year and day, married again, and to her second husband bore a boy called Effege.
againadverbUS /əˈɡen/
anew
From this reading He dying, she, after the expiring of a year and day, married again, and to her second husband bore a boy called Effege.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
AsianounUS /ˈeɪʒə/
the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
boreverbUS /bɔːr/
cause to be bored
From this reading He dying, she, after the expiring of a year and day, married again, and to her second husband bore a boy called Effege.
boynounUS /bɔɪ/
a youthful male person
From this reading He dying, she, after the expiring of a year and day, married again, and to her second husband bore a boy called Effege.
calledverbUS /kɔːld/
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading He dying, she, after the expiring of a year and day, married again, and to her second husband bore a boy called Effege.
casenounUS /keɪs/
an occurrence of something
From this reading The case was this.
childnounUS /tʃaɪld/
a young person of either sex
From this reading A wife in Smyrna had of her first husband a child named Abece.
Cneius
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From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
controverted
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From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
darknounUS /dɑːrk/
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
daynounUS /deɪ/
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading He dying, she, after the expiring of a year and day, married again, and to her second husband bore a boy called Effege.
debatesnounUS /dəˈbeɪts/
plural of “debate” — a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
difficultadjectiveUS /ˈdɪfəkəlt/
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
Dolabella
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From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
dyingadjectiveUS /ˈdaɪɪŋ/
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading He dying, she, after the expiring of a year and day, married again, and to her second husband bore a boy called Effege.
Effege
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From this reading He dying, she, after the expiring of a year and day, married again, and to her second husband bore a boy called Effege.
expiringverbUS /ɪkˈspaɪrɪŋ/
-ing form of “expire” — lose validity
From this reading He dying, she, after the expiring of a year and day, married again, and to her second husband bore a boy called Effege.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading A wife in Smyrna had of her first husband a child named Abece.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A wife in Smyrna had of her first husband a child named Abece.
hardadjectiveUS /hɑːrd/
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He dying, she, after the expiring of a year and day, married again, and to her second husband bore a boy called Effege.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A wife in Smyrna had of her first husband a child named Abece.
historynounUS /ˈhɪstəri/
the aggregate of past events
From this reading How Pantagruel relateth a strange history of the perplexity of human judgment.
How
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From this reading How Pantagruel relateth a strange history of the perplexity of human judgment.
humanadjectiveUS /ˈhjuːmən/
characteristic of humanity
From this reading How Pantagruel relateth a strange history of the perplexity of human judgment.
husbandnounUS /ˈhʌzbənd/
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading A wife in Smyrna had of her first husband a child named Abece.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
judgmentnounUS /ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/
an opinion formed by judging something
From this reading How Pantagruel relateth a strange history of the perplexity of human judgment.
knottyadjectiveUS /ˈnɑːti/
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
marriedadjectiveUS /ˈmerid/
joined in matrimony
From this reading He dying, she, after the expiring of a year and day, married again, and to her second husband bore a boy called Effege.
namedverbUS /neɪmd/
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading A wife in Smyrna had of her first husband a child named Abece.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading How Pantagruel relateth a strange history of the perplexity of human judgment.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
Pantagruel
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From this reading How Pantagruel relateth a strange history of the perplexity of human judgment.
perplexitynounUS /pərˈpleksəti/
trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
From this reading How Pantagruel relateth a strange history of the perplexity of human judgment.
proconsulnounUS /proʊˈkɑːnsəl/
an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
quoth
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From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
relateth
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From this reading How Pantagruel relateth a strange history of the perplexity of human judgment.
secondnounUS /ˈsekənd/
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading He dying, she, after the expiring of a year and day, married again, and to her second husband bore a boy called Effege.
SeeingnounUS /ˈsiːɪŋ/
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He dying, she, after the expiring of a year and day, married again, and to her second husband bore a boy called Effege.
SmyrnanounUS /ˈsmɜːrnə/
a port city in western Turkey
From this reading A wife in Smyrna had of her first husband a child named Abece.
strangeadjectiveUS /streɪndʒ/
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading How Pantagruel relateth a strange history of the perplexity of human judgment.
talkverbUS /tɔːk/
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
tellverbUS /tel/
express in words
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading How Pantagruel relateth a strange history of the perplexity of human judgment.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The case was this.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He dying, she, after the expiring of a year and day, married again, and to her second husband bore a boy called Effege.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The case was this.
wifenounUS /waɪf/
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading A wife in Smyrna had of her first husband a child named Abece.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
yearnounUS /jɪr/
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading He dying, she, after the expiring of a year and day, married again, and to her second husband bore a boy called Effege.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Seeing you talk, quoth Pantagruel, of dark, difficult, hard, and knotty debates, I will tell you of one controverted before Cneius Dolabella, proconsul in Asia.
