adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
AcrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
addedverbUS /ˈædəd/
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
AlarmnounUS /əˈlɑːrm/
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
AlleynounUS /ˈæli/
a narrow street with walls on both sides
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
AnotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
apparitionnounUS /ˌæpərˈɪʃən/
a ghostly appearing figure
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
Arvie
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From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
Aspinall's
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From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
AuldadjectiveUS /ɔːld/
a Scottish word
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
babynounUS /ˈbeɪbi/
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
BackadverbUS /bæk/
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
Baldynoun
a person whose head is bald or shaved
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
BarknounUS /bɑːrk/
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
beardedadjectiveUS /ˈbɪrdəd/
having hair on the cheeks and chin
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
BelieveverbUS /bɪˈliːv/
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
benefitnounUS /ˈbenəfɪt/
financial assistance in time of need
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
BlindnounUS /blaɪnd/
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
BoardnounUS /bɔːrd/
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
Bogg
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From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
boysnounUS /bɔɪz/
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
Brummynoun
a native or resident of Birmingham, England
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
BuriesverbUS /ˈberiz/
third-person singular of “bury” — cover from sight
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
BushnounUS /bʊʃ/
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
CampingnounUS /ˈkæmpɪŋ/
the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
casenounUS /keɪs/
an occurrence of something
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
CharacternounUS /ˈkerɪktər/
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
ClocknounUS /klɑːk/
a timepiece that shows the time of day
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
ColonialadjectiveUS /kəˈloʊniəl/
of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
ComeverbUS /kʌm/
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
ComingnounUS /ˈkʌmɪŋ/
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
CondolencenounUS /kənˈdoʊləns/
an expression of sympathy with another's grief
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
Cook'snounUS /kʊks/
possessive form of “cook” — someone who cooks food
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
DaynounUS /deɪ/
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
DeadadjectiveUS /ded/
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
diggingsnoun
an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
Doesn't
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From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
DognounUS /dɔːɡ/
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
DogsnounUS /dɑːɡz/
plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
Dossing
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From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
downadjectiveUS /daʊn/
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
DriftedverbUS /ˈdrɪftəd/
past form of “drift” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
Drover's
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From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
DryadjectiveUS /draɪ/
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
EchoverbUS /ˈekoʊ/
to say again or imitate
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
EdgenounUS /edʒ/
the boundary of a surface
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
eyesnounUS /aɪz/
opinion or judgment
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
Father'snounUS /ˈfɑːðərz/
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
FenceverbUS /fens/
enclose with a fence
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
fineadjectiveUS /faɪn/
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
FIRSTadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
Geebungnoun
any of numerous shrubs and small trees having hard narrow leaves and long-lasting yellow or white flowers followed by small edible but insipid fruits
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
GeologicaladjectiveUS /ˌdʒiːəˈlɑːdʒɪkəl/
of or relating to or based on geology
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
girlsnounUS /ɡɜːrlz/
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
GoingnounUS /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/
the act of departing
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
hatsnounUS /hæts/
plural of “hat” — headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
He's
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From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
headsnounUS /hedz/
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
homenounUS /hoʊm/
where you live at a particular time
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
how
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From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
hurriedadjectiveUS /ˈhɜːrid/
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
introducedverbUS /ˌɪntrəˈduːst/
past form of “introduce” — cause to come to know personally
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
JohnnynounUS /ˈdʒɑːni/
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
Jones'snounUS /ˈdʒoʊnzɪz/
possessive form of “jones” — United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
kindlyadjectiveUS /ˈkaɪndli/
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
Lang
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From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
likeverbUS /laɪk/
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
LovenounUS /lʌv/
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
Macquarie's
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From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
Malachinoun
a Hebrew minor prophet of the 5th century BC
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
MatenounUS /meɪt/
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
MitchellnounUS /ˈmɪtʃəl/
English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937)
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
Mitchell'snounUS /ˈmɪtʃəlz/
possessive form of “mitchell” — English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937)
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
MoonnounUS /muːn/
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
mothernounUS /ˈmʌðər/
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
mother'snounUS /ˈmʌðərz/
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
nosenounUS /noʊz/
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
OathnounUS /oʊθ/
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
offadverbUS /ɔːf/
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
OldadjectiveUS /oʊld/
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
otheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
OutadjectiveUS /aʊt/
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
patverbUS /pæt/
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
PipesnounUS /paɪps/
plural of “pipe” — a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
PlainadjectiveUS /pleɪn/
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
PlansnounUS /plænz/
plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
PupilnounUS /ˈpjuːpəl/
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
rakedverbUS /reɪkt/
past form of “rake” — move through with or as if with a rake
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
RatsnounUS /ræts/
plural of “rat” — any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
Remailed
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From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
ResidencenounUS /ˈrezɪdəns/
any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
SacknounUS /sæk/
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
sayverbUS /seɪ/
express in words
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
SchoolnounUS /skuːl/
an educational institution
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
SeasonnounUS /ˈsiːzən/
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
SecondnounUS /ˈsekənd/
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
SeriesnounUS /ˈsɪriz/
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
ShearingnounUS /ˈʃɪrɪŋ/
removing by cutting off or clipping
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
ShootingnounUS /ˈʃuːtɪŋ/
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
SketchnounUS /sketʃ/
preliminary drawing for later elaboration
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
smiledverbUS /smaɪld/
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
SomeadjectiveUS /sʌm/
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
sometimesadverbUS /səmˈtaɪmz/
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
SpeakverbUS /spiːk/
express in speech
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
Spieler
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From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
spitverbUS /spɪt/
expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
startledadjectiveUS /ˈstɑːrtəld/
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
SteelmannounUS /ˈstiːlmən/
a worker engaged in making steel
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
Steelman's
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From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
StorynounUS /ˈstɔːri/
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
StragglersnounUS /ˈstræɡlərz/
plural of “straggler” — someone who strays or falls behind
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
StraitsnounUS /streɪts/
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
Syne
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From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
thenadverbUS /ðen/
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
ThompsonnounUS /ˈtɑːmpsən/
United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
TomnounUS /tɑːm/
male cat
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
TwonounUS /tuː/
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
UndertakernounUS /ˈʌndərteɪkər/
one whose business is the management of funerals
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
UnfinishedadjectiveUS /ənˈfɪnɪʃt/
not brought to the desired final state
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
UnionnounUS /ˈjuːnjən/
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
From this reading Going Blind Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock Stragglers The Union Buries its Dead On the Edge of a Plain In a Dry Season He's Come Back Another of Mitchell's Plans Steelman Drifted Back Remailed Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack Shooting the Moon His Father's Mate
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
Usen
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From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
VisitverbUS /ˈvɪzɪt/
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
waynounUS /weɪ/
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
WetadjectiveUS /wet/
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
WifenounUS /waɪf/
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading An Echo from the Old Bark School The Shearing of the Cook's Dog “Dossing Out” and “Camping” Across the Straits Some Day Brummy Usen Second Series The Drover's Wife Steelman's Pupil An Unfinished Love Story Board and Residence His Colonial Oath A Visit of Condolence
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
Wouldn't
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From this reading In a Wet Season “Rats” Mitchell: A Character Sketch The Bush Undertaker Our Pipes Coming Across The Story of Malachi Two Dogs and a Fence Jones's Alley Bogg of Geebung She Wouldn't Speak The Geological Spieler Macquarie's Mate Baldy Thompson For Auld Lang Syne FIRST SERIES
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And he would pat our heads and say we were fine boys, or girls--as the case may have been--and that we had our father's nose but our mother's eyes, or the other way about; and say that the baby was the dead spit of its mother, and then added, for father's benefit: “But yet he's like you, Tom.”
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
YOURdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S You remember when we hurried home from the old bush school how we were sometimes startled by a bearded apparition, who smiled kindly down on us, and whom our mother introduced, as we raked off our hats, as “An old mate of your father's on the diggings, Johnny.”
