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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 "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
Ah
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From this reading "Ah, indeed!" cried Cethegus, as if astonished, although he had long since noticed the smell of the wax with dislike.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Ah, indeed!" cried Cethegus, as if astonished, although he had long since noticed the smell of the wax with dislike.
amused
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From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
apples
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading "There! you see my art, Kallistratos!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Ah, indeed!" cried Cethegus, as if astonished, although he had long since noticed the smell of the wax with dislike.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
astonishedadjectiveUS /əˈstɑːnɪʃt/
very surprised
From this reading "Ah, indeed!" cried Cethegus, as if astonished, although he had long since noticed the smell of the wax with dislike.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
bronze
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
brother
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From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
Cethegus
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Ah, indeed!" cried Cethegus, as if astonished, although he had long since noticed the smell of the wax with dislike.
dessert
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
dislike
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From this reading "Ah, indeed!" cried Cethegus, as if astonished, although he had long since noticed the smell of the wax with dislike.
eyes
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
far
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
fashionable
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From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
fruit-baskets
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
gave
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From this reading The Prefect thinks that my waxen apples, which I gave you yesterday, are real."
got
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
Ha
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From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Ah, indeed!" cried Cethegus, as if astonished, although he had long since noticed the smell of the wax with dislike.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
heaped-up
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
how
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The Prefect thinks that my waxen apples, which I gave you yesterday, are real."
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Ah, indeed!" cried Cethegus, as if astonished, although he had long since noticed the smell of the wax with dislike.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
indeed
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From this reading "Ah, indeed!" cried Cethegus, as if astonished, although he had long since noticed the smell of the wax with dislike.
ivory
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
Kallistratos
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From this reading "There! you see my art, Kallistratos!
laughed
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From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
legs
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
Licinius
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From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Ah, indeed!" cried Cethegus, as if astonished, although he had long since noticed the smell of the wax with dislike.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
Lucius's
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From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
Marcus
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From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
modelling
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From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "There! you see my art, Kallistratos!
noticed
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From this reading "Ah, indeed!" cried Cethegus, as if astonished, although he had long since noticed the smell of the wax with dislike.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
pastime
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From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
Prefect
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From this reading The Prefect thinks that my waxen apples, which I gave you yesterday, are real."
real
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From this reading The Prefect thinks that my waxen apples, which I gave you yesterday, are real."
screwing
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
see
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From this reading "There! you see my art, Kallistratos!
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading "Ah, indeed!" cried Cethegus, as if astonished, although he had long since noticed the smell of the wax with dislike.
smell
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From this reading "Ah, indeed!" cried Cethegus, as if astonished, although he had long since noticed the smell of the wax with dislike.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
table
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The Prefect thinks that my waxen apples, which I gave you yesterday, are real."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
then
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From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
there
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
thinks
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From this reading The Prefect thinks that my waxen apples, which I gave you yesterday, are real."
two
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
up
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From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
victory
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From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
wax
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From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
waxen
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From this reading The Prefect thinks that my waxen apples, which I gave you yesterday, are real."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
yesterday
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From this reading The Prefect thinks that my waxen apples, which I gave you yesterday, are real."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And the dessert--how far have you got there?" asked Cethegus, "already at the apples? are these they?" and he looked, screwing up his eyes, at two heaped-up fruit-baskets, which stood upon a bronze table with ivory legs.
younger
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From this reading "Ha, victory!" laughed Marcus Licinius, Lucius's younger brother, who amused himself with the then fashionable pastime of modelling in wax.
