Chapter XVII
Bonnibel's wedding-day dawned cloudless, fair and beautiful. The sun shone, the flowers bloomed, the birds sang. Nothing was wanting to complete the charm of the day. Nothing? Ah! yes.
An Old Man's Darling
Chapter XVII
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Bonnibel's
wedding-day
dawned
cloudless,
fair
and
beautiful.
The
sun
shone,
the
flowers
bloomed,
the
birds
sang.
Nothing
was
wanting
to
complete
the
charm
of
the
day.
Nothing?
Ah!
yes.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Bonnibel's
wedding-day
dawned
cloudless,
fair
and
beautiful.
Line 2
The
sun
shone,
the
flowers
bloomed,
the
birds
sang.
Line 3
Nothing
was
wanting
to
complete
the
charm
of
the
day.
Line 4
Nothing?
/ˈnʌθɪŋ/
Line 5
Ah!
yes.
Learner Dictionary
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Complete
noun
US /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nothing was wanting to complete the charm of the day.”
Fair
noun
US /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Bonnibel's wedding-day dawned cloudless, fair and beautiful.”
Nothing
pronoun
US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Nothing was wanting to complete the charm of the day.”
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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beautiful
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birds
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bloomed
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Bonnibel's
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charm
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cloudless
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completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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dawned
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day
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fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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flowers
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NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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sang
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shone
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sun
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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sun shone, the flowers bloomed, the birds sang.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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wanting
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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wedding-day
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yes
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From this reading Ah! yes.