adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
almostadverbUS /ˈɔːlmoʊst/
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Bobbie had felt almost from the first that for some strange miserable reason these questions hurt Mother and made her sad.
alwaysadverbUS /ˈɔːlweɪz/
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Mother always answered their questions as well as she could.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
answeredverbUS /ˈænsərd/
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading Mother always answered their questions as well as she could.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mother always answered their questions as well as she could.
askedverbUS /æskt/
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
Bobbie
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bobbie had felt almost from the first that for some strange miserable reason these questions hurt Mother and made her sad.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But as the time went on they grew to speak less of him.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And little by little the others came to have this feeling, too, though they could not have put it into words.
cameverbUS /keɪm/
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And little by little the others came to have this feeling, too, though they could not have put it into words.
childrennounUS /ˈtʃɪldrən/
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
ChimneysnounUS /ˈtʃɪmniz/
plural of “chimney” — a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
comeverbUS /kʌm/
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Mother always answered their questions as well as she could.
dealverbUS /diːl/
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
doingverbUS /ˈduːɪŋ/
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
FathernounUS /ˈfɑːðər/
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
feelingnounUS /ˈfiːlɪŋ/
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading And little by little the others came to have this feeling, too, though they could not have put it into words.
feltverbUS /felt/
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Bobbie had felt almost from the first that for some strange miserable reason these questions hurt Mother and made her sad.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Bobbie had felt almost from the first that for some strange miserable reason these questions hurt Mother and made her sad.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Bobbie had felt almost from the first that for some strange miserable reason these questions hurt Mother and made her sad.
greatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
grewverbUS /ɡruː/
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading But as the time went on they grew to speak less of him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And little by little the others came to have this feeling, too, though they could not have put it into words.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Bobbie had felt almost from the first that for some strange miserable reason these questions hurt Mother and made her sad.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
homenounUS /hoʊm/
where you live at a particular time
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
hurtverbUS /hɜːrt/
be the source of pain
From this reading Bobbie had felt almost from the first that for some strange miserable reason these questions hurt Mother and made her sad.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And little by little the others came to have this feeling, too, though they could not have put it into words.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And little by little the others came to have this feeling, too, though they could not have put it into words.
lessadverbUS /les/
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading But as the time went on they grew to speak less of him.
littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading And little by little the others came to have this feeling, too, though they could not have put it into words.
liveverbUS /laɪv/
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Bobbie had felt almost from the first that for some strange miserable reason these questions hurt Mother and made her sad.
manyadjectiveUS /ˈmeni/
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
miserableadjectiveUS /ˈmɪzərəbəl/
very unhappy; full of misery
From this reading Bobbie had felt almost from the first that for some strange miserable reason these questions hurt Mother and made her sad.
MothernounUS /ˈmʌðər/
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Mother always answered their questions as well as she could.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And little by little the others came to have this feeling, too, though they could not have put it into words.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But as the time went on they grew to speak less of him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But as the time went on they grew to speak less of him.
others
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From this reading And little by little the others came to have this feeling, too, though they could not have put it into words.
putverbUS /pʊt/
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading And little by little the others came to have this feeling, too, though they could not have put it into words.
questionsnounUS /ˈkwestʃənz/
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
reasonnounUS /ˈriːzən/
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading Bobbie had felt almost from the first that for some strange miserable reason these questions hurt Mother and made her sad.
sadadjectiveUS /sæd/
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading Bobbie had felt almost from the first that for some strange miserable reason these questions hurt Mother and made her sad.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mother always answered their questions as well as she could.
someadjectiveUS /sʌm/
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Bobbie had felt almost from the first that for some strange miserable reason these questions hurt Mother and made her sad.
speakverbUS /spiːk/
express in speech
From this reading But as the time went on they grew to speak less of him.
strangeadjectiveUS /streɪndʒ/
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading Bobbie had felt almost from the first that for some strange miserable reason these questions hurt Mother and made her sad.
talkedverbUS /tɔːkt/
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Bobbie had felt almost from the first that for some strange miserable reason these questions hurt Mother and made her sad.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Bobbie had felt almost from the first that for some strange miserable reason these questions hurt Mother and made her sad.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And little by little the others came to have this feeling, too, though they could not have put it into words.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading And little by little the others came to have this feeling, too, though they could not have put it into words.
ThreenounUS /θriː/
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
timenounUS /taɪm/
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading But as the time went on they grew to speak less of him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
tooadverbUS /tuː/
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading And little by little the others came to have this feeling, too, though they could not have put it into words.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
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 Mother always answered their questions as well as she could.
wentverbUS /went/
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
wordsnounUS /wɜːrdz/
the words that are spoken
From this reading And little by little the others came to have this feeling, too, though they could not have put it into words.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading When they first went to live at Three Chimneys, the children had talked a great deal about their Father, and had asked a great many questions about him, and what he was doing and where he was and when he would come home.
