adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading At the end of the thirty seconds his hand unclenched from about the whip and the club and they fell into the snow.
agapeadjectiveUS /əˈɡeɪp/
with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe
From this reading For the first time his thick lips had fallen agape.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His eyes had left Philip's face and were fixed on the woven tress of shining hair.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the end of the thirty seconds his hand unclenched from about the whip and the club and they fell into the snow.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
Bram
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From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
breatheverbUS /briːð/
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading He did not seem to breathe.
clubnounUS /klʌb/
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading At the end of the thirty seconds his hand unclenched from about the whip and the club and they fell into the snow.
creaturenounUS /ˈkriːtʃər/
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
deadadjectiveUS /ded/
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not seem to breathe.
endnounUS /end/
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading At the end of the thirty seconds his hand unclenched from about the whip and the club and they fell into the snow.
eyesnounUS /aɪz/
opinion or judgment
From this reading His eyes had left Philip's face and were fixed on the woven tress of shining hair.
facenounUS /feɪs/
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading His eyes had left Philip's face and were fixed on the woven tress of shining hair.
fallenadjectiveUS /ˈfɑːlən/
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading For the first time his thick lips had fallen agape.
fellverbUS /fel/
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading At the end of the thirty seconds his hand unclenched from about the whip and the club and they fell into the snow.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading For the first time his thick lips had fallen agape.
fixedadjectiveUS /fɪkst/
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading His eyes had left Philip's face and were fixed on the woven tress of shining hair.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the first time his thick lips had fallen agape.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At the end of the thirty seconds his hand unclenched from about the whip and the club and they fell into the snow.
fullyadverbUS /ˈfʊli/
to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (“full” in this sense is used as a combining form)
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading His eyes had left Philip's face and were fixed on the woven tress of shining hair.
hairnounUS /her/
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading His eyes had left Philip's face and were fixed on the woven tress of shining hair.
halfadjectiveUS /hæf/
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
handnounUS /hænd/
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading At the end of the thirty seconds his hand unclenched from about the whip and the club and they fell into the snow.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He did not seem to breathe.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His eyes had left Philip's face and were fixed on the woven tress of shining hair.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
leftnounUS /left/
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading His eyes had left Philip's face and were fixed on the woven tress of shining hair.
likeverbUS /laɪk/
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
lipsnounUS /lɪps/
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading For the first time his thick lips had fallen agape.
livingnounUS /ˈlɪvɪŋ/
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
minutenounUS /ˈmɪnət/
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He did not seem to breathe.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His eyes had left Philip's face and were fixed on the woven tress of shining hair.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading His eyes had left Philip's face and were fixed on the woven tress of shining hair.
Philip'snounUS /ˈfɪləps/
possessive form of “philip” — Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading His eyes had left Philip's face and were fixed on the woven tress of shining hair.
secondsnounUS /ˈsekəndz/
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading At the end of the thirty seconds his hand unclenched from about the whip and the club and they fell into the snow.
seemverbUS /siːm/
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading He did not seem to breathe.
shiningadjectiveUS /ˈʃaɪnɪŋ/
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading His eyes had left Philip's face and were fixed on the woven tress of shining hair.
snownounUS /snoʊ/
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading At the end of the thirty seconds his hand unclenched from about the whip and the club and they fell into the snow.
stonenounUS /stoʊn/
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
suddenlyadverbUS /ˈsʌdənli/
happening unexpectedly
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His eyes had left Philip's face and were fixed on the woven tress of shining hair.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the end of the thirty seconds his hand unclenched from about the whip and the club and they fell into the snow.
thickadjectiveUS /θɪk/
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading For the first time his thick lips had fallen agape.
thirtynounUS /ˈθɜːrdiː/
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading At the end of the thirty seconds his hand unclenched from about the whip and the club and they fell into the snow.
timenounUS /taɪm/
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading For the first time his thick lips had fallen agape.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He did not seem to breathe.
tressnounUS /tres/
a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
From this reading His eyes had left Philip's face and were fixed on the woven tress of shining hair.
turnedadjectiveUS /tɜːrnd/
moved around an axis or center
From this reading It must have been fully half a minute that Bram stood like a living creature turned suddenly into dead stone.
unclenched
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the end of the thirty seconds his hand unclenched from about the whip and the club and they fell into the snow.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His eyes had left Philip's face and were fixed on the woven tress of shining hair.
whipverbUS /wɪp/
beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading At the end of the thirty seconds his hand unclenched from about the whip and the club and they fell into the snow.
wovenadjectiveUS /ˈwoʊvən/
made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole
From this reading His eyes had left Philip's face and were fixed on the woven tress of shining hair.
