adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading No, he was a lawyer, statesman, ambassador, farmer, philosopher, historian, and poet.
ambassadornounUS /æmˈbæsədər/
a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
From this reading No, he was a lawyer, statesman, ambassador, farmer, philosopher, historian, and poet.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “O Lord, let me obtain this from Thee To live with patience, and to die with pleasure!
Bah
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From this reading He was a--Bah! there is too much noise here, I cannot talk.”
cannot
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From this reading He was a--Bah! there is too much noise here, I cannot talk.”
daat
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From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
dieverbUS /daɪ/
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “O Lord, let me obtain this from Thee To live with patience, and to die with pleasure!
ennounUS /en/
half the width of an em
From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
farmernounUS /ˈfɑːrmər/
a person who operates a farm
From this reading No, he was a lawyer, statesman, ambassador, farmer, philosopher, historian, and poet.
foldingnounUS /ˈfoʊldɪŋ/
the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape
From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “O Lord, let me obtain this from Thee To live with patience, and to die with pleasure!
gedult
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From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
GreatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading He was keeper of the Great Seal of Holland!
handnounUS /hænd/
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
handsnounUS /hændz/
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No, he was a lawyer, statesman, ambassador, farmer, philosopher, historian, and poet.
Heere
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From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
hereadverbUS /hiːr/
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading He was a--Bah! there is too much noise here, I cannot talk.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
historiannounUS /hɪˈstɔːriən/
a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
From this reading No, he was a lawyer, statesman, ambassador, farmer, philosopher, historian, and poet.
HollandnounUS /ˈhɑːlənd/
a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level
From this reading He was keeper of the Great Seal of Holland!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading He was a--Bah! there is too much noise here, I cannot talk.”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was a--Bah! there is too much noise here, I cannot talk.”
keepernounUS /ˈkiːpər/
someone in charge of other people
From this reading He was keeper of the Great Seal of Holland!
laat
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From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
lawyernounUS /ˈlɔːjər/
a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
From this reading No, he was a lawyer, statesman, ambassador, farmer, philosopher, historian, and poet.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “O Lord, let me obtain this from Thee To live with patience, and to die with pleasure!
leven
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From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
liveverbUS /laɪv/
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “O Lord, let me obtain this from Thee To live with patience, and to die with pleasure!
LordnounUS /lɔːrd/
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “O Lord, let me obtain this from Thee To live with patience, and to die with pleasure!
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “O Lord, let me obtain this from Thee To live with patience, and to die with pleasure!
meanverbUS /miːn/
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
metverbUS /met/
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
muchadverbUS /mʌtʃ/
to a great degree or extent
From this reading He was a--Bah! there is too much noise here, I cannot talk.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No, he was a lawyer, statesman, ambassador, farmer, philosopher, historian, and poet.
noisenounUS /nɔɪz/
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading He was a--Bah! there is too much noise here, I cannot talk.”
OnounUS /oʊ/
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “O Lord, let me obtain this from Thee To live with patience, and to die with pleasure!
obtainverbUS /əbˈteɪn/
come into possession of
From this reading “O Lord, let me obtain this from Thee To live with patience, and to die with pleasure!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was keeper of the Great Seal of Holland!
patiencenounUS /ˈpeɪʃəns/
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading “O Lord, let me obtain this from Thee To live with patience, and to die with pleasure!
philosophernounUS /fəˈlɑːsəfər/
a specialist in philosophy
From this reading No, he was a lawyer, statesman, ambassador, farmer, philosopher, historian, and poet.
pleasurenounUS /ˈpleʒər/
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “O Lord, let me obtain this from Thee To live with patience, and to die with pleasure!
poetnounUS /ˈpoʊət/
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading No, he was a lawyer, statesman, ambassador, farmer, philosopher, historian, and poet.
SealverbUS /siːl/
make tight; secure against leakage
From this reading He was keeper of the Great Seal of Holland!
statesmannounUS /ˈsteɪtsmən/
a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
From this reading No, he was a lawyer, statesman, ambassador, farmer, philosopher, historian, and poet.
sterven
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From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
talkverbUS /tɔːk/
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading He was a--Bah! there is too much noise here, I cannot talk.”
TenounUS /tiː/
a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was keeper of the Great Seal of Holland!
TheepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “O Lord, let me obtain this from Thee To live with patience, and to die with pleasure!
thereadverbUS /ðer/
in or at that place or location
From this reading He was a--Bah! there is too much noise here, I cannot talk.”
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “O Lord, let me obtain this from Thee To live with patience, and to die with pleasure!
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “O Lord, let me obtain this from Thee To live with patience, and to die with pleasure!
tooadverbUS /tuː/
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading He was a--Bah! there is too much noise here, I cannot talk.”
uwen
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From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
vannounUS /væn/
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
vermaak
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From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
verwerven
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From this reading *{O Heere! laat my daat van uwen hand verwerven, Te leven met gedult, en met vermaak te sterven.} “Did patience mean folding his hands?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading No, he was a lawyer, statesman, ambassador, farmer, philosopher, historian, and poet.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “O Lord, let me obtain this from Thee To live with patience, and to die with pleasure!
