Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
audience
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The seance of love and legend had been Patsy’s own idea.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
bosom
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
branches
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
brown
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
Bundoran
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
cedar
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
centre
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
decorated
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
DoctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
Doyle
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
element
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
elmtree
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
flowers
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
foothills
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
fringes
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
garden
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
gift
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
green
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
idea
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The seance of love and legend had been Patsy’s own idea.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
keep
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
Kernaghan
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
Lebanon
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
legend
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The seance of love and legend had been Patsy’s own idea.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
like
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
Limerick
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
Louise
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
love
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The seance of love and legend had been Patsy’s own idea.
melodrama
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
moonlight
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
Nolan
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
Norah
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
own
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The seance of love and legend had been Patsy’s own idea.
Patsy
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
Patsy's
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The seance of love and legend had been Patsy’s own idea.
playful
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
prairie
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
protests
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
Rockies
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
seance
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The seance of love and legend had been Patsy’s own idea.
shrubs
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
situation
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
solitary
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
spite
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
spread
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
story
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
supper-table
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
talk
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
telling
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
thick
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
tried
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
turf
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
verdant
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
visitors
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading It had verdant shrubs, green turf, thick fringes of flowers, and one solitary elmtree in the centre whose branches spread like a cedar of Lebanon.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Patsy Kernaghan was in his element in the garden with which Norah Doyle had decorated the brown bosom of the prairie.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the moonlight Patsy had the telling of a wonderful story to such an audience as he had never had before in his life, and he had had them from Bundoran to Limerick, from Limerick to the foothills of the Rockies.
Young
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the supper-table spread by Norah Doyle, in spite of the protests of her visitors--the Young Doctor, Louise and Patsy--Nolan Doyle, who had a fine gift for playful talk, had tried to keep the situation free from melodrama.
