adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
aidnounUS /eɪd/
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
alwaysadverbUS /ˈɔːlweɪz/
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
arrivalnounUS /ərˈaɪvəl/
accomplishment of an objective
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
bledverbUS /bled/
inflected form of “bleed” — lose blood from one's body
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
bloodnounUS /blʌd/
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
breaksnounUS /breɪks/
plural of “break” — some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
breathnounUS /breθ/
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
crushedadjectiveUS /krʌʃt/
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
daynounUS /deɪ/
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
dealverbUS /diːl/
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
deathnounUS /deθ/
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
dragverbUS /dræɡ/
pull, as against a resistance
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
dyingadjectiveUS /ˈdaɪɪŋ/
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
everadverbUS /ˈevər/
at any time
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
faintingverbUS /ˈfeɪntɪŋ/
-ing form of “faint” — pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
familynounUS /ˈfæməli/
a social unit living together
From this reading “Well, it was a just reward for my folly in trying to tackle a family of lions single-handed.
follynounUS /ˈfɑːli/
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
From this reading “Well, it was a just reward for my folly in trying to tackle a family of lions single-handed.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
gotverbUS /ɡɑːt/
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
greatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
handkerchiefnounUS /ˈhæŋkərtʃɪf/
a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
heavensnounUS /ˈhevənz/
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Well, it was a just reward for my folly in trying to tackle a family of lions single-handed.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
justadverbUS /dʒʌst/
and nothing more
From this reading “Well, it was a just reward for my folly in trying to tackle a family of lions single-handed.
keptadjectiveUS /kept/
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
lamenounUS /leɪm/
someone who doesn't understand what is going on
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
legnounUS /leɡ/
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
lionsnounUS /ˈlaɪənz/
plural of “lion” — large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading “Well, it was a just reward for my folly in trying to tackle a family of lions single-handed.
longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The odds were too long.
losingverbUS /ˈluːzɪŋ/
-ing form of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
managedverbUS /ˈmænədʒd/
past form of “manage” — be successful; achieve a goal
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
MarchverbUS /mɑːrtʃ/
march in a procession
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
monthnounUS /mʌnθ/
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
oddsnounUS /ɑːdz/
the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
From this reading The odds were too long.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
outadjectiveUS /aʊt/
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
painnounUS /peɪn/
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
rawadjectiveUS /rɑː/
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
rewardnounUS /rɪˈwɔːrd/
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
From this reading “Well, it was a just reward for my folly in trying to tackle a family of lions single-handed.
roundnounUS /raʊnd/
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
single-handedadjectiveUS /ˈsɪŋɡəlˈhændɪd/
unsupported by other people
From this reading “Well, it was a just reward for my folly in trying to tackle a family of lions single-handed.
soonadverbUS /suːn/
in the near future
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
stickverbUS /stɪk/
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
tacklenounUS /ˈtækəl/
the person who plays that position on a football team
From this reading “Well, it was a just reward for my folly in trying to tackle a family of lions single-handed.
teethnounUS /tiːθ/
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
ThankverbUS /θæŋk/
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
thigh-bone
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From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
thinkverbUS /θɪŋk/
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
threenounUS /θriː/
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
tiedadjectiveUS /taɪd/
bound or secured closely
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
tightadjectiveUS /taɪt/
closely constrained or constricted or constricting
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
timelyadjectiveUS /ˈtaɪmli/
before a time limit expires
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
TomnounUS /tɑːm/
male cat
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
tooadverbUS /tuː/
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The odds were too long.
troublesnounUS /ˈtrʌbəlz/
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
tryingadjectiveUS /ˈtraɪɪŋ/
hard to endure
From this reading “Well, it was a just reward for my folly in trying to tackle a family of lions single-handed.
twistingnounUS /ˈtwɪstɪŋ/
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
WelladverbUS /wel/
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, it was a just reward for my folly in trying to tackle a family of lions single-handed.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The odds were too long.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
woundnounUS /waʊnd/
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading “The pain of my wound kept me from fainting, and as soon as I got my breath I managed to drag myself from under him.
wristnounUS /rɪst/
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading Thank heavens, his great teeth had not crushed my thigh-bone; but I was losing a great deal of blood, and had it not been for the timely arrival of Tom, with whose aid I got the handkerchief from my wrist and tied it round my leg, twisting it tight with a stick, I think that I should have bled to death.
yearsnounUS /jɪrz/
a late time of life
From this reading I have been lame ever since, and shall be to my dying day; in the month of March the wound always troubles me a great deal, and every three years it breaks out raw.
