adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading This was the astounding opening of an astounding letter, pages and pages, to Rosalie from Miss Salmon.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
appearancenounUS /əˈpɪrəns/
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
astoundingadjectiveUS /əˈstaʊndɪŋ/
bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
From this reading This was the astounding opening of an astounding letter, pages and pages, to Rosalie from Miss Salmon.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
battlefieldnounUS /ˈbætəlfiːld/
a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Miss Salmon had two months before introduced “a gentleman friend” to the boarding house.
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 Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
boardingnounUS /ˈbɔːrdɪŋ/
the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
From this reading Miss Salmon had two months before introduced “a gentleman friend” to the boarding house.
bristlingverbUS /ˈbrɪsəlɪŋ/
-ing form of “bristle” — be in a state of movement or action
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
caughtverbUS /kɑːt/
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
chargingverbUS /ˈtʃɑːrdʒɪŋ/
-ing form of “charge” — to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
coffinsnounUS /ˈkɔːfɪnz/
plural of “coffin” — box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
corpsesnounUS /ˈkɔːrpsəz/
plural of “corps” — an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
deceiveverbUS /dɪˈsiːv/
be false to; be dishonest with
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
despiseverbUS /dɪˈspaɪz/
look down on with disdain
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
dislikenounUS /dɪˈslaɪk/
an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
drunkenadjectiveUS /ˈdrʌŋkən/
given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
epithetsnounUS /ˈepəθets/
plural of “epithet” — a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
exclamationnounUS /ˌekskləˈmeɪʃən/
an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
friendnounUS /frend/
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Miss Salmon had two months before introduced “a gentleman friend” to the boarding house.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading This was the astounding opening of an astounding letter, pages and pages, to Rosalie from Miss Salmon.
gentlemannounUS /ˈdʒentəlmən/
a man of refinement
From this reading Miss Salmon had two months before introduced “a gentleman friend” to the boarding house.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
houndingverbUS /ˈhaʊndɪŋ/
-ing form of “hound” — pursue or chase relentlessly
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
housenounUS /haʊs/
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Miss Salmon had two months before introduced “a gentleman friend” to the boarding house.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
introducedverbUS /ˌɪntrəˈduːst/
past form of “introduce” — cause to come to know personally
From this reading Miss Salmon had two months before introduced “a gentleman friend” to the boarding house.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
leapingnounUS /ˈliːpɪŋ/
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
letternounUS /ˈletər/
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading This was the astounding opening of an astounding letter, pages and pages, to Rosalie from Miss Salmon.
liarnounUS /ˈlaɪər/
a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
likeverbUS /laɪk/
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
mennounUS /men/
the force of workers available
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
MissverbUS /mɪs/
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading This was the astounding opening of an astounding letter, pages and pages, to Rosalie from Miss Salmon.
mobnounUS /mɑːb/
a disorderly crowd of people
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
monthsnounUS /mʌnθs/
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading Miss Salmon had two months before introduced “a gentleman friend” to the boarding house.
notesnounUS /noʊts/
plural of “note” — a brief written record
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This was the astounding opening of an astounding letter, pages and pages, to Rosalie from Miss Salmon.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
openingnounUS /ˈoʊpənɪŋ/
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading This was the astounding opening of an astounding letter, pages and pages, to Rosalie from Miss Salmon.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
pagesnounUS /ˈpeɪdʒəz/
plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading This was the astounding opening of an astounding letter, pages and pages, to Rosalie from Miss Salmon.
pedestriannounUS /pəˈdestriən/
a person who travels by foot
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
pickverbUS /pɪk/
select carefully from a group
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
pin-cushionful
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
pinsnounUS /pɪnz/
plural of “pin” — a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
pretencenoun
a false or unsupportable quality
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
pretendedadjectiveUS /priˈtendɪd/
adopted in order to deceive
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
riotnounUS /ˈraɪət/
a public act of violence by an unruly mob
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
Rosalie
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was the astounding opening of an astounding letter, pages and pages, to Rosalie from Miss Salmon.
rushingnounUS /ˈrʌʃɪŋ/
(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
SalmonnounUS /ˈsæmən/
any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
From this reading This was the astounding opening of an astounding letter, pages and pages, to Rosalie from Miss Salmon.
staggeringadjectiveUS /ˈstæɡərɪŋ/
so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
stepnounUS /step/
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
strewnverbUS /struːn/
inflected form of “strew” — spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
surgingadjectiveUS /ˈsɜːrdʒɪŋ/
characterized by great swelling waves or surges
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This was the astounding opening of an astounding letter, pages and pages, to Rosalie from Miss Salmon.
thickadjectiveUS /θɪk/
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was the astounding opening of an astounding letter, pages and pages, to Rosalie from Miss Salmon.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
troublenounUS /ˈtrʌbəl/
a source of difficulty
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
twonounUS /tuː/
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Miss Salmon had two months before introduced “a gentleman friend” to the boarding house.
underscoresnounUS /ˌʌndərˈskɔːrz/
plural of “underscore” — a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter)
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
unfortunateadjectiveUS /ənˈfɔːrtʃənət/
not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
unitsnounUS /ˈjuːnəts/
plural of “unit” — any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
war-dancing
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
waynounUS /weɪ/
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
welternounUS /ˈweltər/
a confused multitude of things
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
woundednounUS /ˈwuːndɪd/
people who are wounded
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You have pretended to dislike and to despise men, but it was a pretence to deceive me and you are a liar.”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A welter you had to pick your way through with epithets rushing against you at every step like units of a surging mob hounding and charging against an unfortunate pedestrian caught in the trouble.
ZulusnounUS /ˈzuːluːz/
plural of “zulu” — a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities
From this reading Pages and pages, having the appearance, each one, of a battlefield or of a riot: a welter of thick, black underscores strewn about like coffins or like corpses, and a bristling pin-cushionful (black pins) of notes of exclamation leaping about like war-dancing Zulus or staggering about like drunken or like wounded men.
