Chapter IX
NEWS, YET NO NEWS. “Any letters?” “Not a letter.” “Sho!” Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
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Chapter IX
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NEWS,
YET
NO
NEWS.
“Any
letters?”
“Not
a
letter.”
“Sho!”
Farmer
Hayn
and
his
wife
would
have
made
good
actors,
if
tested
by
their
ability
to
clothe
a
few
words
with
pantomime
of
much
variety
and
duration.
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Line 1
NEWS,
YET
NO
NEWS.
Line 2
“Any
letters?”
Line 3
“Not
a
letter.”
Line 4
“Sho!”
Line 5
Farmer
Hayn
and
his
wife
would
have
made
good
actors,
if
tested
by
their
ability
to
clothe
a
few
words
with
pantomime
of
much
variety
and
duration.
Learner Dictionary
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Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.”
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.”
YET
conjunction
US /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “NEWS, YET NO NEWS.”
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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 “Not a letter.”
ability
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actors
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From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
Any
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From this reading “Any letters?”
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
clothe
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duration
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Farmer
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few
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From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
Hayn
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From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
letter
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From this reading “Not a letter.”
letters
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From this reading “Any letters?”
made
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From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
much
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From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
NEWS
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From this reading NEWS, YET NO NEWS.
NOdeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading NEWS, YET NO NEWS.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Not a letter.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
pantomime
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From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
Sho
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From this reading “Sho!”
tested
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From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
variety
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From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
wife
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From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
words
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From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Farmer Hayn and his wife would have made good actors, if tested by their ability to clothe a few words with pantomime of much variety and duration.
YETconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading NEWS, YET NO NEWS.