adornverbUS /əˈdɔːrn/
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
From this reading _At the third gate, the warder stripped her; he took off the precious stones that adorn her neck_....
AlfrednounUS /ˈælfrəd/
king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
From this reading I Alfred Stone spat bitterly on the floor of his bedroom--which was also his living-room and library.
(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 This boozing till all hours in the morning must be stopped.
in addition
From this reading I Alfred Stone spat bitterly on the floor of his bedroom--which was also his living-room and library.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I Alfred Stone spat bitterly on the floor of his bedroom--which was also his living-room and library.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _At the third gate, the warder stripped her; he took off the precious stones that adorn her neck_....
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This boozing till all hours in the morning must be stopped.
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading I Alfred Stone spat bitterly on the floor of his bedroom--which was also his living-room and library.
with bitterness; in a resentful manner
From this reading I Alfred Stone spat bitterly on the floor of his bedroom--which was also his living-room and library.
boozingnounUS /ˈbuːzɪŋ/
the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
From this reading This boozing till all hours in the morning must be stopped.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Brown, brown and yellow, he told himself.
cigarettenounUS /ˌsɪɡərˈet/
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
From this reading His cigarette tasted like toasted rag, and in his mouth there was scum.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading I Alfred Stone spat bitterly on the floor of his bedroom--which was also his living-room and library.
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading _At the third gate, the warder stripped her; he took off the precious stones that adorn her neck_....
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _At the third gate, the warder stripped her; he took off the precious stones that adorn her neck_....
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _At the third gate, the warder stripped her; he took off the precious stones that adorn her neck_....
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Brown, brown and yellow, he told himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I Alfred Stone spat bitterly on the floor of his bedroom--which was also his living-room and library.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading This boozing till all hours in the morning must be stopped.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I Alfred Stone spat bitterly on the floor of his bedroom--which was also his living-room and library.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading His cigarette tasted like toasted rag, and in his mouth there was scum.
a room where books are kept
From this reading I Alfred Stone spat bitterly on the floor of his bedroom--which was also his living-room and library.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading His cigarette tasted like toasted rag, and in his mouth there was scum.
living-roomnoun
a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
From this reading I Alfred Stone spat bitterly on the floor of his bedroom--which was also his living-room and library.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading This boozing till all hours in the morning must be stopped.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading His cigarette tasted like toasted rag, and in his mouth there was scum.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading This boozing till all hours in the morning must be stopped.
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading _At the third gate, the warder stripped her; he took off the precious stones that adorn her neck_....
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I Alfred Stone spat bitterly on the floor of his bedroom--which was also his living-room and library.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading _At the third gate, the warder stripped her; he took off the precious stones that adorn her neck_....
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I Alfred Stone spat bitterly on the floor of his bedroom--which was also his living-room and library.
characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
From this reading _At the third gate, the warder stripped her; he took off the precious stones that adorn her neck_....
ragnounUS /ræɡ/
a small piece of cloth or paper
From this reading His cigarette tasted like toasted rag, and in his mouth there was scum.
scumnounUS /skʌm/
worthless people
From this reading His cigarette tasted like toasted rag, and in his mouth there was scum.
spatverbUS /spæt/
come down like raindrops
From this reading I Alfred Stone spat bitterly on the floor of his bedroom--which was also his living-room and library.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading I Alfred Stone spat bitterly on the floor of his bedroom--which was also his living-room and library.
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading _At the third gate, the warder stripped her; he took off the precious stones that adorn her neck_....
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading This boozing till all hours in the morning must be stopped.
strippedadjectiveUS /strɪpt/
having only essential or minimal features
From this reading _At the third gate, the warder stripped her; he took off the precious stones that adorn her neck_....
tastedverbUS /ˈteɪstɪd/
past form of “taste” — have flavor; taste of something
From this reading His cigarette tasted like toasted rag, and in his mouth there was scum.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _At the third gate, the warder stripped her; he took off the precious stones that adorn her neck_....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _At the third gate, the warder stripped her; he took off the precious stones that adorn her neck_....
in or at that place or location
From this reading His cigarette tasted like toasted rag, and in his mouth there was scum.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading _At the third gate, the warder stripped her; he took off the precious stones that adorn her neck_....
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This boozing till all hours in the morning must be stopped.
up to a particular time
From this reading This boozing till all hours in the morning must be stopped.
toastedadjectiveUS /ˈtoʊstɪd/
browned over by exposure to heat
From this reading His cigarette tasted like toasted rag, and in his mouth there was scum.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Brown, brown and yellow, he told himself.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading _At the third gate, the warder stripped her; he took off the precious stones that adorn her neck_....
wardernounUS /ˈwɔːrdər/
a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners
From this reading _At the third gate, the warder stripped her; he took off the precious stones that adorn her neck_....
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I Alfred Stone spat bitterly on the floor of his bedroom--which was also his living-room and library.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I Alfred Stone spat bitterly on the floor of his bedroom--which was also his living-room and library.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Brown, brown and yellow, he told himself.
