adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Why, madam, there’s not another people in the universe that have in any of their languages a name even for comfort.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
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 “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Why, madam, there’s not another people in the universe that have in any of their languages a name even for comfort.
anyadjectiveUS /ˈeni/
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
arm-chair
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From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
borrowverbUS /ˈbɑːroʊ/
get temporarily
From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
carezze
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From this reading “Chi mi fa piu carezze che non sole; O m’ha ingannato, o ingannar me vuole.”
che
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From this reading “Chi mi fa piu carezze che non sole; O m’ha ingannato, o ingannar me vuole.”
ChinounUS /kaɪ/
the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
From this reading “Chi mi fa piu carezze che non sole; O m’ha ingannato, o ingannar me vuole.”
comfortnounUS /ˈkʌmfərt/
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
criedverbUS /kraɪd/
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
devilsnounUS /ˈdevəlz/
plural of “devil” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
don't
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From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
EnglandnounUS /ˈɪŋɡlənd/
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
evenadjectiveUS /ˈiːvɪn/
divisible by two
From this reading Why, madam, there’s not another people in the universe that have in any of their languages a name even for comfort.
eveningnounUS /ˈiːvnɪŋ/
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
fanoun
the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization
From this reading “Chi mi fa piu carezze che non sole; O m’ha ingannato, o ingannar me vuole.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
forcedadjectiveUS /fɔːrst/
produced by or subjected to forcing
From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
FrenchnounUS /frentʃ/
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
GeorgenounUS /dʒɔːrdʒ/
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
gotverbUS /ɡɑːt/
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Why, madam, there’s not another people in the universe that have in any of their languages a name even for comfort.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
how
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From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
ingannar
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From this reading “Chi mi fa piu carezze che non sole; O m’ha ingannato, o ingannar me vuole.”
ingannato
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From this reading “Chi mi fa piu carezze che non sole; O m’ha ingannato, o ingannar me vuole.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
knowverbUS /noʊ/
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
knownadjectiveUS /noʊn/
apprehended with certainty
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
languagesnounUS /ˈlæŋɡwədʒəz/
plural of “language” — a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading Why, madam, there’s not another people in the universe that have in any of their languages a name even for comfort.
likeverbUS /laɪk/
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
m'ha
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From this reading “Chi mi fa piu carezze che non sole; O m’ha ingannato, o ingannar me vuole.”
madamnounUS /ˈmædəm/
a woman of refinement
From this reading Why, madam, there’s not another people in the universe that have in any of their languages a name even for comfort.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Chi mi fa piu carezze che non sole; O m’ha ingannato, o ingannar me vuole.”
minounUS /miː/
destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
From this reading “Chi mi fa piu carezze che non sole; O m’ha ingannato, o ingannar me vuole.”
MrnounUS /ˈmɪstər/
a form of address for a man
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
nameverbUS /neɪm/
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Why, madam, there’s not another people in the universe that have in any of their languages a name even for comfort.
nonadverbUS /nɑːn/
negation of a word or group of words
From this reading “Chi mi fa piu carezze che non sole; O m’ha ingannato, o ingannar me vuole.”
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Why, madam, there’s not another people in the universe that have in any of their languages a name even for comfort.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
nowadverbUS /naʊ/
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
OnounUS /oʊ/
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “Chi mi fa piu carezze che non sole; O m’ha ingannato, o ingannar me vuole.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
OldadjectiveUS /oʊld/
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
PalmernounUS /ˈpɑːmər/
United States golfer (born in 1929)
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
partnounUS /pɑːrt/
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
peoplenounUS /ˈpiːpəl/
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Why, madam, there’s not another people in the universe that have in any of their languages a name even for comfort.
piu
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From this reading “Chi mi fa piu carezze che non sole; O m’ha ingannato, o ingannar me vuole.”
pooradjectiveUS /puːr/
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
pronounceverbUS /prəˈnaʊns/
speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
settlingnounUS /ˈsetəlɪŋ/
a gradual sinking to a lower level
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
solenounUS /soʊl/
the underside of footwear or a golf club
From this reading “Chi mi fa piu carezze che non sole; O m’ha ingannato, o ingannar me vuole.”
St
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From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Why, madam, there’s not another people in the universe that have in any of their languages a name even for comfort.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Why, madam, there’s not another people in the universe that have in any of their languages a name even for comfort.
there's
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From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
universenounUS /ˈjuːnəvɜːrs/
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Why, madam, there’s not another people in the universe that have in any of their languages a name even for comfort.
usenounUS /juːs/
the act of using
From this reading The French have been forced to borrow it; but now they have got it, they don’t know how to use it, nor even how to pronounce it, poor devils!
vuole
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From this reading “Chi mi fa piu carezze che non sole; O m’ha ingannato, o ingannar me vuole.”
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, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort.”
WhynounUS /waɪ/
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, madam, there’s not another people in the universe that have in any of their languages a name even for comfort.
worldnounUS /wɜːrld/
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “By St. George, there’s nothing like Old England for comfort!” cried Mr. Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; “nothing after all in any part of the known world, like Old England for comfort.
