adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading On the wind that smelt of barracks and disinfectant there was a faint greasiness of food cooking.
afternoon'snounUS /ˌæftərˈnuːnz/
possessive form of “afternoon” — the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading Chins down, chests out, legs twitching and tired from the afternoon's drilling, the company stood at attention.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the wind that smelt of barracks and disinfectant there was a faint greasiness of food cooking.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
attentionnounUS /əˈtenʃən/
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
autre
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From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
barracksnounUS /ˈbærəks/
plural of “barrack” — a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
From this reading On the wind that smelt of barracks and disinfectant there was a faint greasiness of food cooking.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
celui
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From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
certaines
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From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
chestsnounUS /tʃests/
plural of “chest” — the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
From this reading Chins down, chests out, legs twitching and tired from the afternoon's drilling, the company stood at attention.
Chins
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From this reading Chins down, chests out, legs twitching and tired from the afternoon's drilling, the company stood at attention.
choses
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From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
cindernounUS /ˈsɪndər/
a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
companynounUS /ˈkʌmpəniː/
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
conte
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From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
contemporains
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From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
cookingnounUS /ˈkʊkɪŋ/
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
From this reading On the wind that smelt of barracks and disinfectant there was a faint greasiness of food cooking.
denounUS /diː/
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
disinfectantnounUS /dɪsɪnˈfektənt/
an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
From this reading On the wind that smelt of barracks and disinfectant there was a faint greasiness of food cooking.
downadjectiveUS /daʊn/
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Chins down, chests out, legs twitching and tired from the afternoon's drilling, the company stood at attention.
drillingnounUS /ˈdrɪlɪŋ/
the act of drilling
From this reading Chins down, chests out, legs twitching and tired from the afternoon's drilling, the company stood at attention.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
emptyverbUS /ˈempti/
make void or empty of contents
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
eveningnounUS /ˈiːvnɪŋ/
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
faintadjectiveUS /feɪnt/
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading On the wind that smelt of barracks and disinfectant there was a faint greasiness of food cooking.
fieldnounUS /fiːld/
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading At the other side of the wide field long lines of men shuffled slowly into the narrow wooden shanty that was the mess hall.
foodnounUS /fuːd/
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading On the wind that smelt of barracks and disinfectant there was a faint greasiness of food cooking.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Chins down, chests out, legs twitching and tired from the afternoon's drilling, the company stood at attention.
greasinessnoun
consisting of or covered with oil
From this reading On the wind that smelt of barracks and disinfectant there was a faint greasiness of food cooking.
groundnounUS /ɡraʊnd/
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
hallnounUS /hɔːl/
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading At the other side of the wide field long lines of men shuffled slowly into the narrow wooden shanty that was the mess hall.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
horreur
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From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading At the other side of the wide field long lines of men shuffled slowly into the narrow wooden shanty that was the mess hall.
legsnounUS /leɡz/
staying power
From this reading Chins down, chests out, legs twitching and tired from the afternoon's drilling, the company stood at attention.
LesnounUS /les/
plural of “le” — a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
linesnounUS /laɪnz/
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading At the other side of the wide field long lines of men shuffled slowly into the narrow wooden shanty that was the mess hall.
lirenounUS /ˈlɪrə/
plural of “lira” — the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents
From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading At the other side of the wide field long lines of men shuffled slowly into the narrow wooden shanty that was the mess hall.
lookingnounUS /ˈlʊkɪŋ/
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
mannounUS /mæn/
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
memenounUS /miːm/
a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
mennounUS /men/
the force of workers available
From this reading At the other side of the wide field long lines of men shuffled slowly into the narrow wooden shanty that was the mess hall.
messnounUS /mes/
a state of confusion and disorderliness
From this reading At the other side of the wide field long lines of men shuffled slowly into the narrow wooden shanty that was the mess hall.
narrowverbUS /ˈneroʊ/
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading At the other side of the wide field long lines of men shuffled slowly into the narrow wooden shanty that was the mess hall.
nenounUS /niː/
a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the wind that smelt of barracks and disinfectant there was a faint greasiness of food cooking.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the wind that smelt of barracks and disinfectant there was a faint greasiness of food cooking.
otheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading At the other side of the wide field long lines of men shuffled slowly into the narrow wooden shanty that was the mess hall.
outadjectiveUS /aʊt/
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Chins down, chests out, legs twitching and tired from the afternoon's drilling, the company stood at attention.
paradenounUS /pərˈeɪd/
a ceremonial procession including people marching
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
paralyseverb
make powerless and unable to function
From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
peuvent
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From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
pilesnounUS /paɪlz/
venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
plaisir
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From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
purplenounUS /ˈpɜːrpəl/
a purple color or pigment
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
qu'avec
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From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
qui
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From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
s'en
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From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
shantynounUS /ˈʃænti/
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
From this reading At the other side of the wide field long lines of men shuffled slowly into the narrow wooden shanty that was the mess hall.
showedverbUS /ʃoʊd/
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
shuffledverbUS /ˈʃʌfəld/
past form of “shuffle” — walk by dragging one's feet
From this reading At the other side of the wide field long lines of men shuffled slowly into the narrow wooden shanty that was the mess hall.
sidenounUS /saɪd/
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading At the other side of the wide field long lines of men shuffled slowly into the narrow wooden shanty that was the mess hall.
slowlyadverbUS /ˈsloʊli/
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading At the other side of the wide field long lines of men shuffled slowly into the narrow wooden shanty that was the mess hall.
smeltnounUS /smelt/
small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
From this reading On the wind that smelt of barracks and disinfectant there was a faint greasiness of food cooking.
souffrent
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From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
souvenirnounUS /ˌsuːvəˈnɪr/
something of sentimental value
From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
straightadjectiveUS /streɪt/
successive (without a break)
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On the wind that smelt of barracks and disinfectant there was a faint greasiness of food cooking.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
thereadverbUS /ðer/
in or at that place or location
From this reading On the wind that smelt of barracks and disinfectant there was a faint greasiness of food cooking.
tiredadjectiveUS /ˈtaɪərd/
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading Chins down, chests out, legs twitching and tired from the afternoon's drilling, the company stood at attention.
toutnounUS /taʊt/
someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
twitchingnounUS /ˈtwɪtʃɪŋ/
a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
From this reading Chins down, chests out, legs twitching and tired from the afternoon's drilling, the company stood at attention.
unnounUS /ʌn/
an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
une
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From this reading “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s'en souvenir qu'avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the wind that smelt of barracks and disinfectant there was a faint greasiness of food cooking.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
wideadjectiveUS /waɪd/
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading At the other side of the wide field long lines of men shuffled slowly into the narrow wooden shanty that was the mess hall.
windnounUS /waɪnd/
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading On the wind that smelt of barracks and disinfectant there was a faint greasiness of food cooking.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The company stood at attention, each man looking straight before him at the empty parade ground, where the cinder piles showed purple with evening.
woodenadjectiveUS /ˈwʊdən/
made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
From this reading At the other side of the wide field long lines of men shuffled slowly into the narrow wooden shanty that was the mess hall.
