used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
BedlamnounUS /ˈbedləm/
a state of extreme confusion and disorder
From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
BennettnounUS /ˈbenət/
United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)
From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
betokening
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From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
burstingverbUS /ˈbɜːrstɪŋ/
-ing form of “burst” — come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
chantedadjectiveUS /ˈtʃæntɪd/
sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone
From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
From this reading Look here, if you go on like a dancing dervish we shall have to provide you with a padded room!
dervishnounUS /ˈdɜːrvɪʃ/
an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
From this reading Look here, if you go on like a dancing dervish we shall have to provide you with a padded room!
dickery
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From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
take in liquids
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
Evie
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From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
glumadjectiveUS /ɡlʌm/
moody and melancholic
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Look here, if you go on like a dancing dervish we shall have to provide you with a padded room!
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Look here, if you go on like a dancing dervish we shall have to provide you with a padded room!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Look here, if you go on like a dancing dervish we shall have to provide you with a padded room!
I'll
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From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Look here, if you go on like a dancing dervish we shall have to provide you with a padded room!
inkpotnoun
a bottle of ink
From this reading Mind the inkpot!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
go away from a place
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Look here, if you go on like a dancing dervish we shall have to provide you with a padded room!
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Look here, if you go on like a dancing dervish we shall have to provide you with a padded room!
lumby
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From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
lunaticadjectiveUS /ˈluːnətɪk/
insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon
From this reading "What's the matter, you lunatic?
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "What's the matter, you lunatic?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Mind the inkpot!
MondaynounUS /ˈmʌndi/
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
information about recent and important events
From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
have ownership or possession of
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
paddedadjectiveUS /ˈpædɪd/
softened by the addition of cushions or padding
From this reading Look here, if you go on like a dancing dervish we shall have to provide you with a padded room!
pagodanounUS /pəˈɡoʊdə/
an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
provideverbUS /prəˈvaɪd/
give something useful or necessary to
From this reading Look here, if you go on like a dancing dervish we shall have to provide you with a padded room!
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Look here, if you go on like a dancing dervish we shall have to provide you with a padded room!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
suggestiveadjectiveUS /səˈdʒestɪv/
tending to suggest or imply
From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
TipnounUS /tɪp/
the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
tumnoun
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
VB
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From this reading So chanted Evie Bennett on the following Monday, bursting into VB room with a face betokening news, and a manner suggestive of Bedlam.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Look here, if you go on like a dancing dervish we shall have to provide you with a padded room!
What's
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From this reading "What's the matter, you lunatic?
winkverbUS /wɪŋk/
signal by winking
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
in the company of; together with
From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What's the matter, you lunatic?
Yum-Yum
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From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
Zickery
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From this reading An Invitation "Zickery, dickery, lumby tum, Tip me the wink, and out I'll come, Leave my pagoda so glum, glum, glum, To drink green tea with my own Yum-Yum!"
