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acted
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From this reading Ladies, would you have acted as Olive Dunne acted?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I leave it to the judgment of women and of men.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
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brethren
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From this reading Men, my brethren, would ye have deserted the salmon for the lady, or the lady for the salmon?
desertedverbUS /dɪˈzɜːrtɪd/
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading Men, my brethren, would ye have deserted the salmon for the lady, or the lady for the salmon?
Dunne
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ends
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eyes
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From this reading Would pride, or pardon, or mirth have ridden sparkling in your eyes?
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Men, my brethren, would ye have deserted the salmon for the lady, or the lady for the salmon?
friend's
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hapless
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Ladies, would you have acted as Olive Dunne acted?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I leave it to the judgment of women and of men.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Would pride, or pardon, or mirth have ridden sparkling in your eyes?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I leave it to the judgment of women and of men.
judgment
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Ladies
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lady
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leave
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men
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mirth
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mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
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narrative
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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Olive
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orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
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pardon
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pride
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ridden
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salmon
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sparkling
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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Thus
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From this reading * * * * * Thus ends my hapless friend's narrative.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I leave it to the judgment of women and of men.
women
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wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Ladies, would you have acted as Olive Dunne acted?
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Men, my brethren, would ye have deserted the salmon for the lady, or the lady for the salmon?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ladies, would you have acted as Olive Dunne acted?
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Would pride, or pardon, or mirth have ridden sparkling in your eyes?