adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The President had been shot a few minutes after ten o'clock.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The President had been shot a few minutes after ten o'clock.
agesnounUS /ˈeɪdʒəz/
plural of “age” — how long something has existed
From this reading Secretary Stanton broke the silence by saying, "Now he belongs to the ages."
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At twenty-two minutes past seven in the morning he died.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The President had been shot a few minutes after ten o'clock.
belongsverbUS /bɪˈlɔːŋz/
third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading Secretary Stanton broke the silence by saying, "Now he belongs to the ages."
breathedadjectiveUS /briːðd/
uttered without voice
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
brokeadjectiveUS /broʊk/
lacking funds
From this reading Secretary Stanton broke the silence by saying, "Now he belongs to the ages."
broughtverbUS /brɔːt/
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The wound would have brought instant death to most men.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Secretary Stanton broke the silence by saying, "Now he belongs to the ages."
deathnounUS /deθ/
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading The wound would have brought instant death to most men.
diedverbUS /daɪd/
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading At twenty-two minutes past seven in the morning he died.
facenounUS /feɪs/
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
fewadjectiveUS /fjuː/
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading The President had been shot a few minutes after ten o'clock.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
gauntadjectiveUS /ɡɔːnt/
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The President had been shot a few minutes after ten o'clock.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The wound would have brought instant death to most men.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At twenty-two minutes past seven in the morning he died.
instantnounUS /ˈɪnstənt/
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading The wound would have brought instant death to most men.
mennounUS /men/
the force of workers available
From this reading The wound would have brought instant death to most men.
minutesnounUS /ˈmɪnəts/
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading The President had been shot a few minutes after ten o'clock.
momentnounUS /ˈmoʊmənt/
a particular point in time
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
morningnounUS /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading At twenty-two minutes past seven in the morning he died.
mostadverbUS /moʊst/
used to form the superlative
From this reading The wound would have brought instant death to most men.
nightnounUS /naɪt/
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
NowadverbUS /naʊ/
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Secretary Stanton broke the silence by saying, "Now he belongs to the ages."
o'clockadverbUS /əˈklɑːk/
according to the clock
From this reading The President had been shot a few minutes after ten o'clock.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
paler
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From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
pastnounUS /pæst/
the time that has elapsed
From this reading At twenty-two minutes past seven in the morning he died.
PresidentnounUS /ˈprezədent/
an executive officer of a firm or corporation
From this reading The President had been shot a few minutes after ten o'clock.
sayingnounUS /ˈseɪɪŋ/
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading Secretary Stanton broke the silence by saying, "Now he belongs to the ages."
scarcelyadverbUS /ˈskersli/
only a very short time before
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
SecretarynounUS /ˈsekrəteri/
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
From this reading Secretary Stanton broke the silence by saying, "Now he belongs to the ages."
sevennounUS /ˈsevən/
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading At twenty-two minutes past seven in the morning he died.
shotnounUS /ʃɑːt/
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading The President had been shot a few minutes after ten o'clock.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Secretary Stanton broke the silence by saying, "Now he belongs to the ages."
sorrowingadjective
sorrowful through loss or deprivation
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
StantonnounUS /ˈstæntən/
United States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902)
From this reading Secretary Stanton broke the silence by saying, "Now he belongs to the ages."
tennounUS /ten/
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading The President had been shot a few minutes after ten o'clock.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The President had been shot a few minutes after ten o'clock.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The wound would have brought instant death to most men.
twenty-twonounUS /ˈtwentituː/
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one
From this reading At twenty-two minutes past seven in the morning he died.
unconsciousadjectiveUS /ˌʌnˈkɑːnʃəs/
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was unconscious from the first moment, but he breathed throughout the night, his gaunt face scarcely paler than those of the sorrowing men around him.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The wound would have brought instant death to most men.
woundnounUS /waʊnd/
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading The wound would have brought instant death to most men.
