adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading One day, about those times, I went round to call on my aunt, Lady Tepping.
accuseverbUS /əˈkjuːz/
bring an accusation against; level a charge against
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
acquiredadjectiveUS /əˈkwaɪərd/
gotten through environmental forces
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
addverbUS /æd/
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
ArmynounUS /ˈɑːrmi/
a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
auntnounUS /ænt/
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading One day, about those times, I went round to call on my aunt, Lady Tepping.
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
blamelessadjectiveUS /ˈbleɪmləs/
free of guilt; not subject to blame
From this reading He left his wife with one daughter, and the only pretence to a title in our otherwise blameless family.
BurmanounUS /ˈbɜːrmə/
a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
callverbUS /kɔːl/
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading One day, about those times, I went round to call on my aunt, Lady Tepping.
calledverbUS /kɔːld/
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
CemeterynounUS /ˈseməteri/
a tract of land used for burials
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
commonadjectiveUS /ˈkɑːmən/
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
countrynounUS /ˈkʌntri/
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
crustyadjectiveUS /ˈkrʌsti/
having a hardened crust as a covering
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
daughternounUS /ˈdɔːtər/
a female human offspring
From this reading He left his wife with one daughter, and the only pretence to a title in our otherwise blameless family.
daynounUS /deɪ/
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading One day, about those times, I went round to call on my aunt, Lady Tepping.
dearadjectiveUS /dɪr/
dearly loved
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
decentadjectiveUS /ˈdiːsənt/
socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
desirenounUS /dɪˈzaɪər/
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
earningverbUS /ˈɜːrnɪŋ/
-ing form of “earn” — earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
facenounUS /feɪs/
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
familynounUS /ˈfæməli/
a social unit living together
From this reading He left his wife with one daughter, and the only pretence to a title in our otherwise blameless family.
fineadjectiveUS /faɪn/
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
flauntverbUS /flɔːnt/
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
frontiernounUS /frənˈtɪr/
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
gentlemannounUS /ˈdʒentəlmən/
a man of refinement
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
goutnounUS /ɡaʊt/
a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
GreennounUS /ɡriːn/
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
greyadjectiveUS /ɡreɪ/
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
grownadjectiveUS /ɡroʊn/
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
hastenverbUS /ˈheɪsən/
act or move at high speed
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
husbandnounUS /ˈhʌzbənd/
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading One day, about those times, I went round to call on my aunt, Lady Tepping.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
incidentallyadverbUS /ˌɪnsɪˈdentəli/
introducing a different topic
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
Kensal
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From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
knightedverbUS /ˈnaɪtɪd/
past form of “knight” — raise (someone) to knighthood
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
LadynounUS /ˈleɪdi/
a polite name for any woman
From this reading One day, about those times, I went round to call on my aunt, Lady Tepping.
leftnounUS /left/
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading He left his wife with one daughter, and the only pretence to a title in our otherwise blameless family.
lestconjunctionUS /lest/
in order that something should not happen
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
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 When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
Malcolm
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From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading One day, about those times, I went round to call on my aunt, Lady Tepping.
nakedadjectiveUS /ˈneɪkəd/
completely unclothed
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
nativesnounUS /ˈneɪtɪvz/
plural of “native” — an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
oldadjectiveUS /oʊld/
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One day, about those times, I went round to call on my aunt, Lady Tepping.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One day, about those times, I went round to call on my aunt, Lady Tepping.
onlyadverbUS /ˈoʊnli/
and nothing more
From this reading He left his wife with one daughter, and the only pretence to a title in our otherwise blameless family.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
ordinarynounUS /ˈɔːrdəneri/
a judge of a probate court
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
otherwiseadverbUS /ˈʌðərwaɪz/
in other respects or ways
From this reading He left his wife with one daughter, and the only pretence to a title in our otherwise blameless family.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading He left his wife with one daughter, and the only pretence to a title in our otherwise blameless family.
pensionnounUS /ˈpenʃən/
a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
pooradjectiveUS /puːr/
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
pretencenoun
a false or unsupportable quality
From this reading He left his wife with one daughter, and the only pretence to a title in our otherwise blameless family.
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 When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
raidverbUS /reɪd/
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
relationsnounUS /riˈleɪʃənz/
mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
restverbUS /rest/
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
roundnounUS /raʊnd/
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading One day, about those times, I went round to call on my aunt, Lady Tepping.
schoolnounUS /skuːl/
an educational institution
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
servicenounUS /ˈsɜːrvəs/
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
Shanmodal verbUS /ʃæn/
the form of “shall” used in the contraction “shan’t”
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
SirnounUS /sɜːr/
term of address for a man
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
specimennounUS /ˈspesəmən/
an example regarded as typical of its class
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
successfuladjectiveUS /səkˈsesfəl/
having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
Tepping
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From this reading One day, about those times, I went round to call on my aunt, Lady Tepping.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
thereaboutsadverbUS /ˌðerəˈbaʊts/
near that time or date
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading One day, about those times, I went round to call on my aunt, Lady Tepping.
timesnounUS /taɪmz/
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading One day, about those times, I went round to call on my aunt, Lady Tepping.
titlenounUS /ˈtaɪtəl/
a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
From this reading He left his wife with one daughter, and the only pretence to a title in our otherwise blameless family.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One day, about those times, I went round to call on my aunt, Lady Tepping.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
veryadjectiveUS /ˈveri/
precisely as stated
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
vulgaradjectiveUS /ˈvʌlɡər/
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her husband, Sir Malcolm, a crusty old gentleman of the ancient school, was knighted in Burma, or thereabouts, for a successful raid upon naked natives, on something that is called the Shan frontier.
wentverbUS /went/
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading One day, about those times, I went round to call on my aunt, Lady Tepping.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he had grown grey in the service of his Queen and country, besides earning himself incidentally a very decent pension, he acquired gout and went to his long rest in Kensal Green Cemetery.
widownounUS /ˈwɪdoʊ/
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
wifenounUS /waɪf/
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading He left his wife with one daughter, and the only pretence to a title in our otherwise blameless family.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He left his wife with one daughter, and the only pretence to a title in our otherwise blameless family.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And lest you accuse me of the vulgar desire to flaunt my fine relations in your face, I hasten to add that my poor dear old aunt is a very ordinary specimen of the common Army widow.
