used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading For some seconds there was a silence, pregnant with menace.
anew
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
Ah
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From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
assassinatingverbUS /əˈsæsəneɪtɪŋ/
-ing form of “assassinate” — murder; especially of socially prominent persons
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
bordernounUS /ˈbɔːrdər/
a line that indicates a boundary
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
terminate
From this reading This silence don Melchior de la Cruz was the first to break.
burstingverbUS /ˈbɜːrstɪŋ/
-ing form of “burst” — come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
Cruz
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From this reading This silence don Melchior de la Cruz was the first to break.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading This silence don Melchior de la Cruz was the first to break.
dearly loved
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading This silence don Melchior de la Cruz was the first to break.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The two men were standing face to face.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading This silence don Melchior de la Cruz was the first to break.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For some seconds there was a silence, pregnant with menace.
hammocknounUS /ˈhæmək/
a small natural hill
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
hoarseadjectiveUS /hɔːrs/
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading This silence don Melchior de la Cruz was the first to break.
the sound of laughing
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
MelchiornounUS /meɪlˈtʃiːər/
United States operatic tenor (born in Denmark) noted for his Wagnerian roles (1890-1973)
From this reading This silence don Melchior de la Cruz was the first to break.
the force of workers available
From this reading The two men were standing face to face.
menaceverbUS /ˈmenəs/
pose a threat to; present a danger to
From this reading For some seconds there was a silence, pregnant with menace.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
pregnantadjectiveUS /ˈpreɡnənt/
carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
From this reading For some seconds there was a silence, pregnant with menace.
plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading THE PRISONERS.
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading For some seconds there was a silence, pregnant with menace.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading For some seconds there was a silence, pregnant with menace.
sinkingnounUS /ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
term of address for a man
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading For some seconds there was a silence, pregnant with menace.
having a supporting base
From this reading The two men were standing face to face.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PRISONERS.
in or at that place or location
From this reading For some seconds there was a silence, pregnant with menace.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This silence don Melchior de la Cruz was the first to break.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The two men were standing face to face.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The two men were standing face to face.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For some seconds there was a silence, pregnant with menace.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The two men were standing face to face.
in the company of; together with
From this reading For some seconds there was a silence, pregnant with menace.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Ah, ah, ah!" he said, bursting into a hoarse laugh, and sinking again on the border of the hammock, "Was I so wrong in saying to you, my dear sir, that you entered my house for the purpose of assassinating me?"
