used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The speaker is a middle-aged man, with deep, dark eyes, handsome features, and bold, resolute carriage.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The speaker is a middle-aged man, with deep, dark eyes, handsome features, and bold, resolute carriage.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
behalfnounUS /bɪˈhæf/
as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as “on behalf of” rather than “in behalf of”)
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
fearless and daring
From this reading The speaker is a middle-aged man, with deep, dark eyes, handsome features, and bold, resolute carriage.
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading The speaker is a middle-aged man, with deep, dark eyes, handsome features, and bold, resolute carriage.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The speaker is a middle-aged man, with deep, dark eyes, handsome features, and bold, resolute carriage.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading The speaker is a middle-aged man, with deep, dark eyes, handsome features, and bold, resolute carriage.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I know perfectly well she will do it if _you_ ask her.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
past form of “explain” — make plain and comprehensible
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The speaker is a middle-aged man, with deep, dark eyes, handsome features, and bold, resolute carriage.
plural of “feature” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading The speaker is a middle-aged man, with deep, dark eyes, handsome features, and bold, resolute carriage.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
hairsnounUS /herz/
plural of “hair” — a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading The speaker is a middle-aged man, with deep, dark eyes, handsome features, and bold, resolute carriage.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I know perfectly well she will do it if _you_ ask her.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
of the present time and place
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The speaker is a middle-aged man, with deep, dark eyes, handsome features, and bold, resolute carriage.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I know perfectly well she will do it if _you_ ask her.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I know perfectly well she will do it if _you_ ask her.
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The speaker is a middle-aged man, with deep, dark eyes, handsome features, and bold, resolute carriage.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
middle-agedadjectiveUS /ˈmɪdəleɪɡd/
being roughly between 45 and 65 years old
From this reading The speaker is a middle-aged man, with deep, dark eyes, handsome features, and bold, resolute carriage.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
moustachenounUS /ˈmʌstæʃ/
an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now will you?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
on one occasion
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
peepverbUS /piːp/
look furtively
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading I know perfectly well she will do it if _you_ ask her.
make a promise or commitment
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
ravenverbUS /ˈreɪvən/
obtain or seize by violence
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
resoluteadjectiveUS /ˈrezəluːt/
firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination
From this reading The speaker is a middle-aged man, with deep, dark eyes, handsome features, and bold, resolute carriage.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I know perfectly well she will do it if _you_ ask her.
speakernounUS /ˈspiːkər/
someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
From this reading The speaker is a middle-aged man, with deep, dark eyes, handsome features, and bold, resolute carriage.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The speaker is a middle-aged man, with deep, dark eyes, handsome features, and bold, resolute carriage.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading I know perfectly well she will do it if _you_ ask her.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
whiskersnounUS /ˈwɪskərz/
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading Grey hairs peep here and there from out his thick beard, moustache, and whiskers, and there are grey hairs in his once raven hair.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The speaker is a middle-aged man, with deep, dark eyes, handsome features, and bold, resolute carriage.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “All shall come right, everything shall be explained; you shall have immediate liberty, if, on behalf of your mother, you will promise me what I ask.
