adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE EPISODE OF THE LADY WHO WAS VERY EXCLUSIVE The Matabele revolt gave Hilda a prejudice against Rhodesia.
AfricanounUS /ˈæfrəkɑː/
the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
From this reading So Hilda decided to leave South Africa.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading THE EPISODE OF THE LADY WHO WAS VERY EXCLUSIVE The Matabele revolt gave Hilda a prejudice against Rhodesia.
alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/
(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 I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
alsoadverbUS /ˈɔːlsoʊ/
in addition
From this reading By an odd coincidence, I also decided on the same day to change my residence.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading By an odd coincidence, I also decided on the same day to change my residence.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By an odd coincidence, I also decided on the same day to change my residence.
changeverbUS /tʃeɪndʒ/
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading By an odd coincidence, I also decided on the same day to change my residence.
coincidencenounUS /koʊˈɪnsɪdəns/
an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
From this reading By an odd coincidence, I also decided on the same day to change my residence.
comesnounUS /kʌmz/
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
confessverbUS /kənˈfes/
confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
From this reading I will confess that I shared it.
countrynounUS /ˈkʌntri/
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
daynounUS /deɪ/
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading By an odd coincidence, I also decided on the same day to change my residence.
decidedadjectiveUS /ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd/
recognizable; marked
From this reading So Hilda decided to leave South Africa.
EPISODEnounUS /ˈepəsoʊd/
a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
From this reading THE EPISODE OF THE LADY WHO WAS VERY EXCLUSIVE The Matabele revolt gave Hilda a prejudice against Rhodesia.
EXCLUSIVEadjectiveUS /ɪkˈskluːsɪv/
not divided or shared with others
From this reading THE EPISODE OF THE LADY WHO WAS VERY EXCLUSIVE The Matabele revolt gave Hilda a prejudice against Rhodesia.
findverbUS /faɪnd/
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
gaveverbUS /ɡeɪv/
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading THE EPISODE OF THE LADY WHO WAS VERY EXCLUSIVE The Matabele revolt gave Hilda a prejudice against Rhodesia.
hardadjectiveUS /hɑːrd/
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
Hilda
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From this reading THE EPISODE OF THE LADY WHO WAS VERY EXCLUSIVE The Matabele revolt gave Hilda a prejudice against Rhodesia.
homenounUS /hoʊm/
where you live at a particular time
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
housenounUS /haʊs/
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I will confess that I shared it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I will confess that I shared it.
LADYnounUS /ˈleɪdi/
a polite name for any woman
From this reading THE EPISODE OF THE LADY WHO WAS VERY EXCLUSIVE The Matabele revolt gave Hilda a prejudice against Rhodesia.
leaveverbUS /liːv/
go away from a place
From this reading So Hilda decided to leave South Africa.
livesnounUS /lɪvz/
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
massacredverbUS /ˈmæsəkərd/
past form of “massacre” — kill a large number of people indiscriminately
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
Matabelenoun
a Bantu language sometimes considered a dialect of Zulu
From this reading THE EPISODE OF THE LADY WHO WAS VERY EXCLUSIVE The Matabele revolt gave Hilda a prejudice against Rhodesia.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading By an odd coincidence, I also decided on the same day to change my residence.
occupantsnounUS /ˈɑːkjəpənts/
plural of “occupant” — someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
oddadjectiveUS /ɑːd/
not divisible by two
From this reading By an odd coincidence, I also decided on the same day to change my residence.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE EPISODE OF THE LADY WHO WAS VERY EXCLUSIVE The Matabele revolt gave Hilda a prejudice against Rhodesia.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading By an odd coincidence, I also decided on the same day to change my residence.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
otheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
pleaseverbUS /pliːz/
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
prejudicenounUS /ˈpredʒədɪs/
a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
From this reading THE EPISODE OF THE LADY WHO WAS VERY EXCLUSIVE The Matabele revolt gave Hilda a prejudice against Rhodesia.
residencenounUS /ˈrezɪdəns/
any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
From this reading By an odd coincidence, I also decided on the same day to change my residence.
revoltnounUS /rɪˈvoʊlt/
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
From this reading THE EPISODE OF THE LADY WHO WAS VERY EXCLUSIVE The Matabele revolt gave Hilda a prejudice against Rhodesia.
RhodesianounUS /roʊˈdiːʒə/
a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980
From this reading THE EPISODE OF THE LADY WHO WAS VERY EXCLUSIVE The Matabele revolt gave Hilda a prejudice against Rhodesia.
rideverbUS /raɪd/
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading By an odd coincidence, I also decided on the same day to change my residence.
setsnounUS /sets/
plural of “set” — a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
sharedadjectiveUS /ʃerd/
have in common; held or experienced in common
From this reading I will confess that I shared it.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So Hilda decided to leave South Africa.
somehowadverbUS /ˈsʌmhaʊ/
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
SouthnounUS /saʊθ/
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading So Hilda decided to leave South Africa.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I will confess that I shared it.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE EPISODE OF THE LADY WHO WAS VERY EXCLUSIVE The Matabele revolt gave Hilda a prejudice against Rhodesia.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
VERYadjectiveUS /ˈveri/
precisely as stated
From this reading THE EPISODE OF THE LADY WHO WAS VERY EXCLUSIVE The Matabele revolt gave Hilda a prejudice against Rhodesia.
WASauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE EPISODE OF THE LADY WHO WAS VERY EXCLUSIVE The Matabele revolt gave Hilda a prejudice against Rhodesia.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred.
WHOpronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading THE EPISODE OF THE LADY WHO WAS VERY EXCLUSIVE The Matabele revolt gave Hilda a prejudice against Rhodesia.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will confess that I shared it.
