adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I saw a middle-aged Frenchman with a big black beard, streaked with gray, a sunburned face, and large, shining eyes.
Ah
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From this reading I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I saw a middle-aged Frenchman with a big black beard, streaked with gray, a sunburned face, and large, shining eyes.
arrivedverbUS /ərˈaɪvd/
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “He knew Strickland well; he visited him at his house.”
beardnounUS /bɪrd/
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading I saw a middle-aged Frenchman with a big black beard, streaked with gray, a sunburned face, and large, shining eyes.
bigadjectiveUS /bɪɡ/
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I saw a middle-aged Frenchman with a big black beard, streaked with gray, a sunburned face, and large, shining eyes.
blackadjectiveUS /blæk/
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading I saw a middle-aged Frenchman with a big black beard, streaked with gray, a sunburned face, and large, shining eyes.
boatnounUS /boʊt/
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
boynounUS /bɔɪ/
a youthful male person
From this reading I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
Brunot
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From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
Capitaine
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From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
ChinesenounUS /tʃaɪˈniːz/
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
comeverbUS /kʌm/
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
daynounUS /deɪ/
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
dressedadjectiveUS /drest/
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading He was dressed in a neat suit of ducks.
ducksnounUS /dʌks/
plural of “duck” — small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
From this reading He was dressed in a neat suit of ducks.
eyesnounUS /aɪz/
opinion or judgment
From this reading I saw a middle-aged Frenchman with a big black beard, streaked with gray, a sunburned face, and large, shining eyes.
facenounUS /feɪs/
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading I saw a middle-aged Frenchman with a big black beard, streaked with gray, a sunburned face, and large, shining eyes.
fittingadjectiveUS /ˈfɪtɪŋ/
in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
FrenchmannounUS /ˈfrentʃmæn/
a person of French nationality
From this reading I saw a middle-aged Frenchman with a big black beard, streaked with gray, a sunburned face, and large, shining eyes.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
graynounUS /ɡreɪ/
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading I saw a middle-aged Frenchman with a big black beard, streaked with gray, a sunburned face, and large, shining eyes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He knew Strickland well; he visited him at his house.”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He knew Strickland well; he visited him at his house.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “He knew Strickland well; he visited him at his house.”
housenounUS /haʊs/
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading “He knew Strickland well; he visited him at his house.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was dressed in a neat suit of ducks.
knewverbUS /nuː/
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “He knew Strickland well; he visited him at his house.”
largeadjectiveUS /lɑːrdʒ/
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I saw a middle-aged Frenchman with a big black beard, streaked with gray, a sunburned face, and large, shining eyes.
lenounUS /lə/
a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
LinnounUS /lɪn/
United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)
From this reading I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
luncheonnounUS /ˈlʌntʃən/
a midday meal
From this reading I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
middle-agedadjectiveUS /ˈmɪdəleɪɡd/
being roughly between 45 and 65 years old
From this reading I saw a middle-aged Frenchman with a big black beard, streaked with gray, a sunburned face, and large, shining eyes.
neatadjectiveUS /niːt/
clean or organized
From this reading He was dressed in a neat suit of ducks.
noticedadjectiveUS /ˈnoʊtəst/
being perceived or observed
From this reading I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
Paumotus
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From this reading I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
saidadjectiveUS /sed/
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
sawverbUS /sɔː/
cut with a saw
From this reading I saw a middle-aged Frenchman with a big black beard, streaked with gray, a sunburned face, and large, shining eyes.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
shiningadjectiveUS /ˈʃaɪnɪŋ/
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading I saw a middle-aged Frenchman with a big black beard, streaked with gray, a sunburned face, and large, shining eyes.
streakedadjectiveUS /striːkt/
marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations
From this reading I saw a middle-aged Frenchman with a big black beard, streaked with gray, a sunburned face, and large, shining eyes.
StricklandnounUS /ˈstrɪklənd/
United States architect and student of Latrobe (1787-1854)
From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
suitverbUS /suːt/
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading He was dressed in a neat suit of ducks.
sunburnedadjectiveUS /ˈsʌnbɜːrnd/
suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight
From this reading I saw a middle-aged Frenchman with a big black beard, streaked with gray, a sunburned face, and large, shining eyes.
tellverbUS /tel/
express in words
From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
Tenez
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From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
Tiaré
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From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
togetheradverbUS /təˈɡeðər/
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
toldverbUS /toʊld/
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading I had noticed him at luncheon, and Ah Lin, the Chinese boy, told me he had come from the Paumotus on the boat that had that day arrived.
visitedverbUS /ˈvɪzɪtɪd/
past form of “visit” — go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading “He knew Strickland well; he visited him at his house.”
voilà
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From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
welladverbUS /wel/
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “He knew Strickland well; he visited him at his house.”
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading “_Tenez, voilà le Capitaine Brunot_,” said Tiaré, one day when I was fitting together what she could tell me of Strickland.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I saw a middle-aged Frenchman with a big black beard, streaked with gray, a sunburned face, and large, shining eyes.
