used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading For the moment, at any rate, I had every card in my hands.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE LADY OF THE VOS IN'T TUINTJE Here was Destiny knocking at the door.
aye
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From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
bluffnounUS /blʌf/
a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
brazenadjectiveUS /ˈbreɪzən/
unrestrained by convention or propriety
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
From this reading For the moment, at any rate, I had every card in my hands.
DestinynounUS /ˈdestəni/
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading THE LADY OF THE VOS IN'T TUINTJE Here was Destiny knocking at the door.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading THE LADY OF THE VOS IN'T TUINTJE Here was Destiny knocking at the door.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading For the moment, at any rate, I had every card in my hands.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the moment, at any rate, I had every card in my hands.
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For the moment, at any rate, I had every card in my hands.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading For the moment, at any rate, I had every card in my hands.
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading THE LADY OF THE VOS IN'T TUINTJE Here was Destiny knocking at the door.
Huns
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From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For the moment, at any rate, I had every card in my hands.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In that instant my mind was made up.
IN'T
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From this reading THE LADY OF THE VOS IN'T TUINTJE Here was Destiny knocking at the door.
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading In that instant my mind was made up.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
knockingnounUS /ˈnɑːkɪŋ/
the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
From this reading THE LADY OF THE VOS IN'T TUINTJE Here was Destiny knocking at the door.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading THE LADY OF THE VOS IN'T TUINTJE Here was Destiny knocking at the door.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading In that instant my mind was made up.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading In that instant my mind was made up.
a particular point in time
From this reading For the moment, at any rate, I had every card in my hands.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In that instant my mind was made up.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LADY OF THE VOS IN'T TUINTJE Here was Destiny knocking at the door.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
From this reading For the moment, at any rate, I had every card in my hands.
recurring again and again
From this reading The knocking was repeated.
Semlin
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From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
stodgyadjectiveUS /ˈstɑːdʒi/
heavy and starchy and hard to digest
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In that instant my mind was made up.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LADY OF THE VOS IN'T TUINTJE Here was Destiny knocking at the door.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
TUINTJE
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From this reading THE LADY OF THE VOS IN'T TUINTJE Here was Destiny knocking at the door.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading In that instant my mind was made up.
precisely as stated
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
VOS
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From this reading THE LADY OF THE VOS IN'T TUINTJE Here was Destiny knocking at the door.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE LADY OF THE VOS IN'T TUINTJE Here was Destiny knocking at the door.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I would bluff these stodgy Huns: I would brazen it out: I would be Semlin and go through with it to the bitter end, aye, and if it took me to the very gates of Hell.
