the

• Article

  1. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
  2. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
  3. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
  4. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
  5. (colloquial) Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
  6. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
  7. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
  8. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
  9. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
  10. Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
  11. Used with an adjective
  12. Used with an adjective
  13. Used with an adjective

• Adv
• Prep
• Pron
• Noun

Englishman

1. A native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation.
2. A grey partridge (in contrast with Frenchman, red-legged partridge).
3. A Canadian of British descent and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to French-descended, French-speaking Canadians).
4. A South African of British descent, and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to Afrikaans-speaking Afrikaner South Africans).

didn't

did not (negative auxiliary)

answer

• Noun

  1. A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
  2. A solution to a problem.
  3. Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
  4. A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.

• Verb

him

• Pron

  1. A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.
  2. A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.
  3. A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.
  4. (colloquial) As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.
  5. Used reflexively: (to) himself.
  6. With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition.
  7. (slang) A person of elevated skill at a sport, game, or other activity.

• Noun

directly

• Adv

  1. In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
  2. In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary but by direct means.
  3. Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
  4. Exactly; just; at the shortest possible distance.
  5. Straightforwardly; honestly.
  6. Immediately.
  7. Soon; next; in due time; as soon as it becomes convenient.

• Conj