adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
agoadverbUS /əˈɡoʊ/
in the past
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
AMERICAnounUS /əˈmerəkə/
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
armnounUS /ɑːrm/
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
attenuatedadjectiveUS /əˈtenjuːeɪtɪd/
of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion
From this reading Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
Aynesworth
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From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
badenounUS /beɪd/
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “And I told you the story,” he remarked, “of--the man who had been my friend.”
burlyadjectiveUS /ˈbɜːrli/
muscular and heavily built
From this reading Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
clubnounUS /klʌb/
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
diseasenounUS /dɪˈziːz/
an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
From this reading Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
Don't
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From this reading “Don’t let us talk of Wingrave tonight!”
farewellnounUS /ˌferˈwel/
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
FournounUS /fɔːr/
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
frameverbUS /freɪm/
enclose in or as if in a frame
From this reading Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
friendnounUS /frend/
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “And I told you the story,” he remarked, “of--the man who had been my friend.”
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
gauntadjectiveUS /ɡɔːnt/
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
From this reading Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “And I told you the story,” he remarked, “of--the man who had been my friend.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “And I told you the story,” he remarked, “of--the man who had been my friend.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
hollow-eyedadjective
characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver
From this reading Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “And I told you the story,” he remarked, “of--the man who had been my friend.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Don’t let us talk of Wingrave tonight!”
lookingnounUS /ˈlʊkɪŋ/
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
LovellnounUS /ˈlʌvəl/
English astronomer who pioneered radio astronomy (born in 1913)
From this reading Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
mannounUS /mæn/
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “And I told you the story,” he remarked, “of--the man who had been my friend.”
MRnounUS /ˈmɪstər/
a form of address for a man
From this reading “MR.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “And I told you the story,” he remarked, “of--the man who had been my friend.”
noddedverbUS /ˈnɑːdəd/
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “And I told you the story,” he remarked, “of--the man who had been my friend.”
onceadverbUS /wʌns/
on one occasion
From this reading Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
remarkedverbUS /rɪˈmɑːrkt/
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading “And I told you the story,” he remarked, “of--the man who had been my friend.”
roomnounUS /ruːm/
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
roundnounUS /raʊnd/
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
saidadjectiveUS /sed/
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
slingverbUS /slɪŋ/
hurl as if with a sling
From this reading Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/
the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
storynounUS /ˈstɔːri/
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “And I told you the story,” he remarked, “of--the man who had been my friend.”
talkverbUS /tɔːk/
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “Don’t let us talk of Wingrave tonight!”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
thoughtfullyadverbUS /ˈθɔːtfəli/
in a thoughtful manner
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
toldverbUS /toʊld/
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “And I told you the story,” he remarked, “of--the man who had been my friend.”
tonightadverbUS /təˈnaɪt/
On the present night.
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Don’t let us talk of Wingrave tonight!”
wanadjectiveUS /wɑːn/
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
From this reading Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading “And I told you the story,” he remarked, “of--the man who had been my friend.”
WINGRAVE
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
yearsnounUS /jɪrz/
a late time of life
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading WINGRAVE FROM AMERICA” “Four years ago tonight,” Aynesworth said, looking round the club smoking room thoughtfully, “we bade you farewell in this same room!”
