adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
AlladjectiveUS /ɔːl/
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
aphorismnounUS /ˈæfərɪzəm/
a short pithy instructive saying
From this reading The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
attendre
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From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
broughtverbUS /brɔːt/
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
cameverbUS /keɪm/
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
celui
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From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
comesnounUS /kʌmz/
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
consistsverbUS /kənˈsɪsts/
third-person singular of “consist” — originate
From this reading The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’.
daynounUS /deɪ/
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
evenounUS /iːv/
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
greatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading So wrote the great Napoleon.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
how
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From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’.
knewverbUS /nuː/
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
knowsnounUS /noʊz/
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
lastadjectiveUS /læst/
immediately past
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
lenounUS /lə/
a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
monde
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From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
NapoleonnounUS /nəˈpoʊliən/
French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
From this reading So wrote the great Napoleon.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’.
ownverbUS /oʊn/
have ownership or possession of
From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
qui
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From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
remarriagenounUS /riˈmerɪdʒ/
the act of marrying again
From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
sait
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From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
slow-revolving
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From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So wrote the great Napoleon.
strangeadjectiveUS /streɪndʒ/
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So wrote the great Napoleon.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
TimenounUS /taɪm/
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
ToutnounUS /taʊt/
someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
vengeancenounUS /ˈvendʒəns/
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
vient
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From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’.
waitverbUS /weɪt/
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
waitedverbUS /ˈweɪtɪd/
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
weddingnounUS /ˈwedɪŋ/
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
wheelverbUS /wiːl/
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
wifenounUS /waɪf/
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
wordsnounUS /wɜːrdz/
the words that are spoken
From this reading The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’.
worldnounUS /wɜːrld/
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
wroteverbUS /roʊt/
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading So wrote the great Napoleon.
à
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From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
