adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading He was at length alone with her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She still lay there with closed eyes, pale and motionless.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
beautifuladjectiveUS /ˈbjuːtəfəl/
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
Catharine
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From this reading Thomas Seymour returned to Catharine.
closedadjectiveUS /kloʊzd/
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading She still lay there with closed eyes, pale and motionless.
consideredadjectiveUS /kənˈsɪdərd/
carefully weighed
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
dissimulationnoun
the act of deceiving
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
drankverbUS /dræŋk/
inflected form of “drink” — take in liquids
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
draughtsnounUS /dræfts/
a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
eyesnounUS /aɪz/
opinion or judgment
From this reading She still lay there with closed eyes, pale and motionless.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
forgotverbUS /fərˈɡɑːt/
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
gazedverbUS /ɡeɪzd/
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
GodnounUS /ɡɑːd/
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
grantedadjectiveUS /ˈɡræntəd/
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
hournounUS /ˈaʊər/
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
lastadjectiveUS /læst/
immediately past
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
layverbUS /leɪ/
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading She still lay there with closed eyes, pale and motionless.
lengthnounUS /leŋkθ/
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading He was at length alone with her.
longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
momentnounUS /ˈmoʊmənt/
a particular point in time
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
motionlessadjectiveUS /ˈmoʊʃənləs/
not in physical motion
From this reading She still lay there with closed eyes, pale and motionless.
nobleadjectiveUS /ˈnoʊbəl/
impressive in appearance
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
paleadjectiveUS /peɪl/
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading She still lay there with closed eyes, pale and motionless.
queennounUS /kwiːn/
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
resignationnounUS /ˌrezəɡˈneɪʃən/
acceptance of despair
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
returnedverbUS /rɪˈtɜːrnd/
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Thomas Seymour returned to Catharine.
SeymournounUS /ˈsiːmɔːr/
Queen of England as the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1509-1537)
From this reading Thomas Seymour returned to Catharine.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She still lay there with closed eyes, pale and motionless.
sightnounUS /saɪt/
an instance of visual perception
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
steadilyadverbUS /ˈstedəli/
at a steady rate or pace
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
stilladjectiveUS /stɪl/
not in physical motion
From this reading She still lay there with closed eyes, pale and motionless.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
thereadverbUS /ðer/
in or at that place or location
From this reading She still lay there with closed eyes, pale and motionless.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
ThomasnounUS /ˈtɑːməs/
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading Thomas Seymour returned to Catharine.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thomas Seymour returned to Catharine.
tortureverbUS /ˈtɔːrtʃər/
torment emotionally or mentally
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
twonounUS /tuː/
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
unattainableadjectiveUS /ˌʌnəˈteɪnəbəl/
impossible to achieve
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She still lay there with closed eyes, pale and motionless.
womannounUS /ˈwʊmən/
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading He gazed on her long and steadily; his eyes drank in, in long draughts, the sight of this beautiful and noble woman, and he forgot at that moment that she was a queen.
yearnedverbUS /jɜːrnd/
past form of “yearn” — desire strongly or persistently
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
yearsnounUS /jɪrz/
a late time of life
From this reading At last, after two years of torture, of resignation, of dissimulation, God had granted him this hour, for which he had so long yearned, which he had so long considered unattainable.
