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affront
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading As passing and repassing he cast his eyes on the preparations, he halted suddenly, and said, “Lay another cover here.”
apartments
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
aright
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From this reading Tate stood, uncertain whether he had heard aright the words, when Nickie repeated, “Don't you hear me?
arms
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As passing and repassing he cast his eyes on the preparations, he halted suddenly, and said, “Lay another cover here.”
avenge
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
bent
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
best
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
brows
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
busied
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
cast
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From this reading As passing and repassing he cast his eyes on the preparations, he halted suddenly, and said, “Lay another cover here.”
cogitating
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
cover
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From this reading As passing and repassing he cast his eyes on the preparations, he halted suddenly, and said, “Lay another cover here.”
Don't
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From this reading Tate stood, uncertain whether he had heard aright the words, when Nickie repeated, “Don't you hear me?
down
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
eyes
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From this reading As passing and repassing he cast his eyes on the preparations, he halted suddenly, and said, “Lay another cover here.”
folded
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
gentleman
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From this reading The gentleman will sup here.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Tate stood, uncertain whether he had heard aright the words, when Nickie repeated, “Don't you hear me?
halted
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From this reading As passing and repassing he cast his eyes on the preparations, he halted suddenly, and said, “Lay another cover here.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As passing and repassing he cast his eyes on the preparations, he halted suddenly, and said, “Lay another cover here.”
hear
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From this reading Tate stood, uncertain whether he had heard aright the words, when Nickie repeated, “Don't you hear me?
heard
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From this reading Tate stood, uncertain whether he had heard aright the words, when Nickie repeated, “Don't you hear me?
here
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From this reading As passing and repassing he cast his eyes on the preparations, he halted suddenly, and said, “Lay another cover here.”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As passing and repassing he cast his eyes on the preparations, he halted suddenly, and said, “Lay another cover here.”
how
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I said lay another cover.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
Lay
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From this reading As passing and repassing he cast his eyes on the preparations, he halted suddenly, and said, “Lay another cover here.”
laying
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tate stood, uncertain whether he had heard aright the words, when Nickie repeated, “Don't you hear me?
Mr
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
Nickie
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
openly
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
passed
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
passing
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From this reading As passing and repassing he cast his eyes on the preparations, he halted suddenly, and said, “Lay another cover here.”
preparations
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From this reading As passing and repassing he cast his eyes on the preparations, he halted suddenly, and said, “Lay another cover here.”
repassing
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From this reading As passing and repassing he cast his eyes on the preparations, he halted suddenly, and said, “Lay another cover here.”
repeated
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From this reading Tate stood, uncertain whether he had heard aright the words, when Nickie repeated, “Don't you hear me?
ruminating
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
said
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From this reading As passing and repassing he cast his eyes on the preparations, he halted suddenly, and said, “Lay another cover here.”
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
still
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Tate stood, uncertain whether he had heard aright the words, when Nickie repeated, “Don't you hear me?
suddenly
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From this reading As passing and repassing he cast his eyes on the preparations, he halted suddenly, and said, “Lay another cover here.”
sup
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From this reading The gentleman will sup here.”
table
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
Tate
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
uncertain
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From this reading Tate stood, uncertain whether he had heard aright the words, when Nickie repeated, “Don't you hear me?
up
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From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Tate stood, uncertain whether he had heard aright the words, when Nickie repeated, “Don't you hear me?
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Tate stood, uncertain whether he had heard aright the words, when Nickie repeated, “Don't you hear me?
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The gentleman will sup here.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading While Tate busied himself in laying the table, Mr. Nickie, with bent brows and folded arms, passed up and down the apartments, still ruminating on the affront so openly passed upon him, and cogitating how best to avenge it.
words
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From this reading Tate stood, uncertain whether he had heard aright the words, when Nickie repeated, “Don't you hear me?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Tate stood, uncertain whether he had heard aright the words, when Nickie repeated, “Don't you hear me?
