adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
Adela
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
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 suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
anyonepronounUS /ˈeniwʌn/
any person at all
From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
betteradjectiveUS /ˈbetər/
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
brotherlyadjectiveUS /ˈbrʌðərli/
like or characteristic of or befitting a brother
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
brownnounUS /braʊn/
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
callverbUS /kɔːl/
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
caredverbUS /kerd/
past form of “care” — feel concern or interest
From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
comeverbUS /kʌm/
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
companionshipnounUS /kəmˈpænjənʃɪp/
the state of being with someone
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
courtnounUS /kɔːrt/
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
cousinsnounUS /ˈkʌzənz/
plural of “cousin” — the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
dealverbUS /diːl/
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
Deerhurst
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
DoenounUS /doʊ/
the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
doingverbUS /ˈduːɪŋ/
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
drivingadjectiveUS /ˈdraɪvɪŋ/
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
easyadjectiveUS /ˈiːzi/
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
Emily
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
enjoyedverbUS /ˌenˈdʒɔɪd/
past form of “enjoy” — derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
eyesnounUS /aɪz/
opinion or judgment
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
factnounUS /fækt/
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
fathernounUS /ˈfɑːðər/
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
goodadjectiveUS /ɡʊd/
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
greatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
irresistibleadjectiveUS /ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəbəl/
impossible to resist; overpowering
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
LondonnounUS /ˈlʌndən/
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
neveradverbUS /ˈnevər/
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
ninenounUS /naɪn/
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
oldadjectiveUS /oʊld/
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
OnceadverbUS /wʌns/
on one occasion
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
onlyadverbUS /ˈoʊnli/
and nothing more
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
otherwiseadverbUS /ˈʌðərwaɪz/
in other respects or ways
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
outadjectiveUS /aʊt/
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
paidadjectiveUS /peɪd/
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
partynounUS /ˈpɑːrti/
an organization to gain political power
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
plaintiveadjectiveUS /ˈpleɪntɪv/
expressing sorrow
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
pleasurenounUS /ˈpleʒər/
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
prettyadjectiveUS /ˈprɪti/
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
rescueverbUS /ˈreskjuː/
free from harm or evil
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
rightadverbUS /raɪt/
precisely, exactly
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
Rylstone
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
scarcelyadverbUS /ˈskersli/
only a very short time before
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
schoolboynounUS /ˈskuːlbɔɪ/
a boy attending school
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
seasonnounUS /ˈsiːzən/
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
softadjectiveUS /sɑːft/
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
supposeverbUS /səˈpoʊz/
express a supposition
From this reading I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
teasingnounUS /ˈtiːzɪŋ/
the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
tellverbUS /tel/
express in words
From this reading I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
tennounUS /ten/
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
thereadverbUS /ðer/
in or at that place or location
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
timenounUS /taɪm/
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
togetheradverbUS /təˈɡeðər/
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
Torwood
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
Twelfth-day
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
twonounUS /tuː/
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
usedadjectiveUS /juːzd/
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
warmernounUS /ˈwɔːrmər/
device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
WhitenounUS /waɪt/
a Caucasian
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
yearsnounUS /jɪrz/
a late time of life
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
