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 _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
ash-colored
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
audience
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
back
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
cage
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
closet
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Nefer's simply unkinked herself, waved a hand to the real audience and come back stage.
completely
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
crow
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
daggers
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And stopped dead.
Elizabeth
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
end
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
fetch
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
forth
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
gloomy
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
go
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
Greta
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
hand
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Nefer's simply unkinked herself, waved a hand to the real audience and come back stage.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Well, I suppose I should have said to myself, _Greta, you imagined that last loud whisper from the audience.
head
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Miss Nefer's simply unkinked herself, waved a hand to the real audience and come back stage.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
ignoring
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
imagined
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, I suppose I should have said to myself, _Greta, you imagined that last loud whisper from the audience.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
invisible
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
Just
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
kooky
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, I suppose I should have said to myself, _Greta, you imagined that last loud whisper from the audience.
like
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
looking
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
loud
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, I suppose I should have said to myself, _Greta, you imagined that last loud whisper from the audience.
makes
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
miltown
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
Miss
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
Nefer
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
Nefer's
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Nefer's simply unkinked herself, waved a hand to the real audience and come back stage.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
pacing
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
real
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Nefer's simply unkinked herself, waved a hand to the real audience and come back stage.
rig
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
said
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, I suppose I should have said to myself, _Greta, you imagined that last loud whisper from the audience.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Well, I suppose I should have said to myself, _Greta, you imagined that last loud whisper from the audience.
simply
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Nefer's simply unkinked herself, waved a hand to the real audience and come back stage.
stage
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Nefer's simply unkinked herself, waved a hand to the real audience and come back stage.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And stopped dead.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Well, I suppose I should have said to myself, _Greta, you imagined that last loud whisper from the audience.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
tiger
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
turned
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
unkinked
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Nefer's simply unkinked herself, waved a hand to the real audience and come back stage.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
waved
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Nefer's simply unkinked herself, waved a hand to the real audience and come back stage.
Well
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, I suppose I should have said to myself, _Greta, you imagined that last loud whisper from the audience.
whisper
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, I suppose I should have said to myself, _Greta, you imagined that last loud whisper from the audience.
wig
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
wing
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
wings
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just behind me, pacing back and forth like an ash-colored tiger in the gloomy wings, looking daggers at the audience every time she turned at that end of her invisible cage, but ignoring me completely, was Miss Nefer in the Elizabeth wig and rig.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Greta_, I told myself, _you need a miltown before the crow makes wing through your kooky head._ I turned to go and fetch me one from my closet.
