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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
ago
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From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
barber's
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
Bedaubed
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
bit
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From this reading Not a bit.
bought
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From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
boy
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
butterfly
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
Cally
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
cheapskate
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
cork
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
die
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
gent
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
gracilis
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
I'd
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
III
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
killin
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
live
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
love
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
multa
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a bit.
O
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
Peeved
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From this reading Peeved?
perjured
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
philandering
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
puff
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From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
PYRRHA
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
Quis
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
rat
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From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
scentnounUS /sɛnt/
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
sweet
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
then
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
Tho
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
tin
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
transformation
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From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
twice
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
villain
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
waits
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
whistlenounUS /ˈwhistle/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
Why
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From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
woo
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?
year
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From this reading For whom the puff and rat And transformation that You bought a year ago Or so, O Pyrrha?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why, then, you cork, you butterfly, You sweet, philandering, perjured villain, With you I'd love to live and die, Tho' Cally boy were twice as killin'.
young
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From this reading III TO PYRRHA "_Quis multa gracilis._" What young tin whistle gent, Bedaubed with barber's scent,-- What cheapskate waits on you To woo, O Pyrrha?