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Absolution

Chapter VIII

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When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.
The young master was coming home, and was bringing somebody with him.
"Nice young gentlemen, two at once," holding up two fingers.
And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.
Jendrek was the only one who did not laugh.
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Absolution

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/141 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.
Line 2
The young master was coming home, and was bringing somebody with him.
Line 3
"Nice young gentlemen, two at once," holding up two fingers.
Line 4
And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.
Line 5
Jendrek was the only one who did not laugh.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.”

Everybody pronoun US /ˈevribɑːdi/

every person

From this reading “When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.”

Gentlemen noun US /gentlemen/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Nice young gentlemen, two at once," holding up two fingers.”

Having auxiliary verb US /ˈhævɪŋ/

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading “When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.”

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Nice young gentlemen, two at once," holding up two fingers.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Jendrek was the only one who did not laugh.”

Somebody pronoun US /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/

a person, without saying who

From this reading “The young master was coming home, and was bringing somebody with him.”

Soon noun US /soon/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.”

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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The young master was coming home, and was bringing somebody with him.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

big

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From this reading And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.

bringing

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From this reading The young master was coming home, and was bringing somebody with him.

coming

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From this reading The young master was coming home, and was bringing somebody with him.

dancing

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From this reading And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Jendrek was the only one who did not laugh.

everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/

every person

From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

eyes

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From this reading And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.

fingers

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From this reading "Nice young gentlemen, two at once," holding up two fingers.

gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Nice young gentlemen, two at once," holding up two fingers.

grocer's

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From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.

havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The young master was coming home, and was bringing somebody with him.

holding

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From this reading "Nice young gentlemen, two at once," holding up two fingers.

home

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From this reading The young master was coming home, and was bringing somebody with him.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

incorrigibly

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From this reading And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.

Jendrek

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From this reading Jendrek was the only one who did not laugh.

laugh

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From this reading And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.

listeners

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From this reading And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.

lively

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From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

Marianna

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From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

master

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From this reading The young master was coming home, and was bringing somebody with him.

merrily

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From this reading And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.

Nice

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From this reading "Nice young gentlemen, two at once," holding up two fingers.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Jendrek was the only one who did not laugh.

once

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From this reading "Nice young gentlemen, two at once," holding up two fingers.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Jendrek was the only one who did not laugh.

only

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From this reading Jendrek was the only one who did not laugh.

sent

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From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

shamelessly

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From this reading And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.

somebodypronounUS /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/

a person, without saying who

From this reading The young master was coming home, and was bringing somebody with him.

soon

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From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

Starydwór

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From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

talk

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From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

teeth

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From this reading And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

then

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From this reading And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

too

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From this reading And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.

two

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From this reading "Nice young gentlemen, two at once," holding up two fingers.

up

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From this reading "Nice young gentlemen, two at once," holding up two fingers.

used

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From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

village

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From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

white

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From this reading And then she would laugh so merrily, so incorrigibly, so shamelessly, with dancing eyes and big white teeth, that the listeners had to laugh too.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Jendrek was the only one who did not laugh.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The young master was coming home, and was bringing somebody with him.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading When Marianna was sent to the grocer's in the village, she used to talk to everybody about the lively time they would soon be having at Starydwór.

young

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From this reading The young master was coming home, and was bringing somebody with him.