adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
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 AFRICA.
againadverbUS /əˈɡen/
anew
From this reading How will she ever get back again?
aliveadjectiveUS /əˈlaɪv/
possessing life
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Oh, how could Lucy have been so foolish as to want to travel in Africa up to the higher parts of the Nile?
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
awayadverbUS /əˈweɪ/
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
backadverbUS /bæk/
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading How will she ever get back again?
beastnounUS /biːst/
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Oh, how could Lucy have been so foolish as to want to travel in Africa up to the higher parts of the Nile?
bordersnounUS /ˈbɔːrdərz/
plural of “border” — a line that indicates a boundary
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
breakingnounUS /ˈbreɪkɪŋ/
the act of breaking something
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
broadadjectiveUS /brɔːd/
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
comeverbUS /kʌm/
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
comesnounUS /kʌmz/
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Oh, how could Lucy have been so foolish as to want to travel in Africa up to the higher parts of the Nile?
crocodilenounUS /ˈkrɑːkədaɪl/
large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
crowdedadjectiveUS /ˈkraʊdəd/
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
driedadjectiveUS /draɪd/
not still wet
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
enormousadjectiveUS /ɪˈnɔːrməs/
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
everadverbUS /ˈevər/
at any time
From this reading How will she ever get back again?
foolishadjectiveUS /ˈfuːlɪʃ/
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading Oh, how could Lucy have been so foolish as to want to travel in Africa up to the higher parts of the Nile?
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
getverbUS /ɡet/
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading How will she ever get back again?
gettingnounUS /ˈɡetɪŋ/
the act of acquiring something
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
greatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Oh, how could Lucy have been so foolish as to want to travel in Africa up to the higher parts of the Nile?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
heavyadjectiveUS /ˈhevi/
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
hereadverbUS /hiːr/
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
higheradjectiveUS /ˈhaɪər/
advanced in complexity or elaboration
From this reading Oh, how could Lucy have been so foolish as to want to travel in Africa up to the higher parts of the Nile?
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
horridadjectiveUS /ˈhɔːrəd/
exceedingly bad
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
how
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, how could Lucy have been so foolish as to want to travel in Africa up to the higher parts of the Nile?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
linedadjectiveUS /laɪnd/
bordered by a line of things
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
longeradverbUS /ˈlɔːŋɡər/
for more time
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
LucynounUS /ˈluːsi/
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading Oh, how could Lucy have been so foolish as to want to travel in Africa up to the higher parts of the Nile?
mouthnounUS /maʊθ/
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
mudnounUS /mʌd/
water soaked soil; soft wet earth
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
museumnounUS /mjuːˈziːəm/
a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
NilenounUS /naɪl/
the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
From this reading Oh, how could Lucy have been so foolish as to want to travel in Africa up to the higher parts of the Nile?
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Oh, how could Lucy have been so foolish as to want to travel in Africa up to the higher parts of the Nile?
OhnounUS /oʊ/
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
openingnounUS /ˈoʊpənɪŋ/
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
partsnounUS /pɑːrts/
the local environment
From this reading Oh, how could Lucy have been so foolish as to want to travel in Africa up to the higher parts of the Nile?
reedsnounUS /riːdz/
plural of “reed” — tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
rivernounUS /ˈrɪvər/
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
rushesnounUS /ˈrʌʃəz/
plural of “rush” — the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How will she ever get back again?
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Oh, how could Lucy have been so foolish as to want to travel in Africa up to the higher parts of the Nile?
teethnounUS /tiːθ/
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
terribleadjectiveUS /ˈterəbəl/
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
thereadverbUS /ðer/
in or at that place or location
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
thickadjectiveUS /θɪk/
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Oh, how could Lucy have been so foolish as to want to travel in Africa up to the higher parts of the Nile?
travelverbUS /ˈtrævəl/
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Oh, how could Lucy have been so foolish as to want to travel in Africa up to the higher parts of the Nile?
upadjectiveUS /ʌp/
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Oh, how could Lucy have been so foolish as to want to travel in Africa up to the higher parts of the Nile?
wantverbUS /wɑːnt/
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Oh, how could Lucy have been so foolish as to want to travel in Africa up to the higher parts of the Nile?
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading How will she ever get back again?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Oh! oh! here is a little dried crocodile come alive, and opening a horrid great mouth, lined with terrible teeth, at her.
yellowadjectiveUS /ˈjeloʊ/
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading No, he is no longer in the museum; he is in a broad river, yellow, heavy, and thick with mud; the borders are crowded with enormous reeds and rushes; there is no getting through; no breaking away from him; here he comes; horrid, horrid beast!
