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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 As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
actors
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From this reading The feathered actors lived in a two-wheeled cart, drawn from village to village, and city to city, by a tiny, gayly-decked donkey.
admittance
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From this reading A conjurer had obtained admittance, and was showing his laughing audience the tricks of his trained cocks and hens.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
approached
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From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
audience
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From this reading A conjurer had obtained admittance, and was showing his laughing audience the tricks of his trained cocks and hens.
balcony
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From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
big
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From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
bow-legged
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From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The feathered actors lived in a two-wheeled cart, drawn from village to village, and city to city, by a tiny, gayly-decked donkey.
call
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From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
cart
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From this reading The feathered actors lived in a two-wheeled cart, drawn from village to village, and city to city, by a tiny, gayly-decked donkey.
city
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From this reading The feathered actors lived in a two-wheeled cart, drawn from village to village, and city to city, by a tiny, gayly-decked donkey.
clarinet
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From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
cocks
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From this reading A conjurer had obtained admittance, and was showing his laughing audience the tricks of his trained cocks and hens.
conjurer
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From this reading A conjurer had obtained admittance, and was showing his laughing audience the tricks of his trained cocks and hens.
donkey
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From this reading The feathered actors lived in a two-wheeled cart, drawn from village to village, and city to city, by a tiny, gayly-decked donkey.
drawn
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From this reading The feathered actors lived in a two-wheeled cart, drawn from village to village, and city to city, by a tiny, gayly-decked donkey.
dwarfish
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From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
eyes
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From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
father's
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From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
feathered
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From this reading The feathered actors lived in a two-wheeled cart, drawn from village to village, and city to city, by a tiny, gayly-decked donkey.
flageolet
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From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
forehead
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From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The feathered actors lived in a two-wheeled cart, drawn from village to village, and city to city, by a tiny, gayly-decked donkey.
gay
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From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
gayly-decked
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From this reading The feathered actors lived in a two-wheeled cart, drawn from village to village, and city to city, by a tiny, gayly-decked donkey.
greeted
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From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A conjurer had obtained admittance, and was showing his laughing audience the tricks of his trained cocks and hens.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
head
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From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
hens
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From this reading A conjurer had obtained admittance, and was showing his laughing audience the tricks of his trained cocks and hens.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A conjurer had obtained admittance, and was showing his laughing audience the tricks of his trained cocks and hens.
house
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From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The feathered actors lived in a two-wheeled cart, drawn from village to village, and city to city, by a tiny, gayly-decked donkey.
instrument
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From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
laughing
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From this reading A conjurer had obtained admittance, and was showing his laughing audience the tricks of his trained cocks and hens.
like
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From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
lived
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From this reading The feathered actors lived in a two-wheeled cart, drawn from village to village, and city to city, by a tiny, gayly-decked donkey.
LYSANDER
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From this reading LYSANDER.
man
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From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
monaulus
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From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
musical
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From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
neck
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From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
notes
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From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
obtained
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From this reading A conjurer had obtained admittance, and was showing his laughing audience the tricks of his trained cocks and hens.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
piercing
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From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
played
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From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
prominent
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From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
rested
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From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
Semestre's
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From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
shaded
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From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
showing
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From this reading A conjurer had obtained admittance, and was showing his laughing audience the tricks of his trained cocks and hens.
small
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From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
tiny
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From this reading The feathered actors lived in a two-wheeled cart, drawn from village to village, and city to city, by a tiny, gayly-decked donkey.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The feathered actors lived in a two-wheeled cart, drawn from village to village, and city to city, by a tiny, gayly-decked donkey.
trained
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From this reading A conjurer had obtained admittance, and was showing his laughing audience the tricks of his trained cocks and hens.
tricks
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From this reading A conjurer had obtained admittance, and was showing his laughing audience the tricks of his trained cocks and hens.
two-wheeled
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From this reading The feathered actors lived in a two-wheeled cart, drawn from village to village, and city to city, by a tiny, gayly-decked donkey.
very
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From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
village
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From this reading The feathered actors lived in a two-wheeled cart, drawn from village to village, and city to city, by a tiny, gayly-decked donkey.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A conjurer had obtained admittance, and was showing his laughing audience the tricks of his trained cocks and hens.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was a dwarfish, bow-legged little man, with a short neck, on which rested a big head with a very prominent forehead, that shaded his small piercing eyes like a balcony.
Xanthe
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From this reading As Xanthe approached her father's house, Semestre's call and the gay notes of a monaulus--[A musical instrument, played like our flageolet or clarinet]--greeted her.
