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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 Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
a'ready
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From this reading “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
Aunt
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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.
back
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
Bede's
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
begins
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From this reading “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.
better
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
bonnet
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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
can't
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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.
church
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From this reading “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
cold
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
coming
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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
dizening
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
don't
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From this reading “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
downstairs
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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.
drownded
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
else
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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.
enough
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And I’d ever such work to make her stand still.”
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.
funeral
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
gone
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From this reading “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
got
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
ground
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And I’d ever such work to make her stand still.”
Hetty
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From this reading “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
ipronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
I'd
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From this reading And I’d ever such work to make her stand still.”
i'stid
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
I've
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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
it's
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From this reading “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
Mrs
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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
night
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
o
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
old
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
one's
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
plain
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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
Poyser
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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.
put
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
ready
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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.
run
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
said
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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.
shawl
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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.
soon
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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.
stand
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From this reading And I’d ever such work to make her stand still.”
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And I’d ever such work to make her stand still.”
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading And I’d ever such work to make her stand still.”
Sunday
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
th
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
there
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
Thias
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
things
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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
Totty's
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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.
two
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From this reading “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
wedding
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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
Well
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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.
work
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From this reading And I’d ever such work to make her stand still.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
