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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
always
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From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
ASconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
asks
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From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “You see, I’ve got to be there,” Tom had explained.
Black
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From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
bore
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From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
case
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From this reading The only thing that saves the case for me to-night is that you’re coming.
coming
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From this reading The only thing that saves the case for me to-night is that you’re coming.
commanded
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From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
Dad
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From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
death
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From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
dinner
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From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
dressing
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From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
else
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From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
explained
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From this reading “You see, I’ve got to be there,” Tom had explained.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
fossil
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From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
got
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From this reading “You see, I’ve got to be there,” Tom had explained.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I’ve stipulated that I sit near you--see?
I've
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From this reading “You see, I’ve got to be there,” Tom had explained.
ideas
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From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
invited
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From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The only thing that saves the case for me to-night is that you’re coming.
Lockhart
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From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
lot
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From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
make
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From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The only thing that saves the case for me to-night is that you’re coming.
men's
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From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
near
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From this reading I’ve stipulated that I sit near you--see?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
old
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From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
only
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From this reading The only thing that saves the case for me to-night is that you’re coming.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
personages
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From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
PIKESTAFF
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From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
PLAIN
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From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
ponderous
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From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
rage
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From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
red
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From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
Robert
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From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
Samuel
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From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
saves
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From this reading The only thing that saves the case for me to-night is that you’re coming.
see
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From this reading “You see, I’ve got to be there,” Tom had explained.
sit
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From this reading I’ve stipulated that I sit near you--see?
some
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From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
stipulated
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From this reading I’ve stipulated that I sit near you--see?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The only thing that saves the case for me to-night is that you’re coming.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The only thing that saves the case for me to-night is that you’re coming.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
there
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From this reading “You see, I’ve got to be there,” Tom had explained.
thing
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From this reading The only thing that saves the case for me to-night is that you’re coming.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
to-night
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From this reading The only thing that saves the case for me to-night is that you’re coming.
Tom
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From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF Robert Black was dressing for a dinner--a men’s dinner, to which Samuel Lockhart had invited him, and Tom Lockhart had commanded him.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “And Dad always asks a lot of ponderous old personages who bore you to death--or else make you red with rage at some of their fossil ideas.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You see, I’ve got to be there,” Tom had explained.
you're
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From this reading The only thing that saves the case for me to-night is that you’re coming.
