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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 I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'Have you indeed?' replies Margaret distrustfully, and wilfully misunderstanding.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
away
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From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
beauties
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From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
common
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From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
cries
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From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
dinner
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From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
distrustfully
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From this reading 'Have you indeed?' replies Margaret distrustfully, and wilfully misunderstanding.
drawing
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From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
drawing-room
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From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
ecstatic
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From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
Evans
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From this reading 'Had you two helps of venison, like Mr. Evans?'
eyes
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From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
helps
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From this reading 'Had you two helps of venison, like Mr. Evans?'
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
indeed
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From this reading 'Have you indeed?' replies Margaret distrustfully, and wilfully misunderstanding.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
ladies
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From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
light
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From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
like
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From this reading 'Had you two helps of venison, like Mr. Evans?'
Margaret
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From this reading 'Have you indeed?' replies Margaret distrustfully, and wilfully misunderstanding.
meaner
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From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
misunderstanding
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From this reading 'Have you indeed?' replies Margaret distrustfully, and wilfully misunderstanding.
moon
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From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
More
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From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
Mr
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From this reading 'Had you two helps of venison, like Mr. Evans?'
night
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From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
number
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From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
Oh
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From this reading 'Oh, Peggy!
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
Peggy
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From this reading 'Oh, Peggy!
people
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From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
poorly
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From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
Prue
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From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
reached
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From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
replies
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From this reading 'Have you indeed?' replies Margaret distrustfully, and wilfully misunderstanding.
rise
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From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
satisfy
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From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
sister
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From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
skies
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From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
soon
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From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
two
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From this reading 'Had you two helps of venison, like Mr. Evans?'
venison
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From this reading 'Had you two helps of venison, like Mr. Evans?'
voice
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From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
wilfully
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From this reading 'Have you indeed?' replies Margaret distrustfully, and wilfully misunderstanding.
window
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From this reading I have had such a dinner!' cries Prue, in an ecstatic voice, drawing her sister away into a window as soon as the ladies have reached the drawing-room.
Yon
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From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Yon meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the moon shall rise?'
