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East Lynne

Chapter XVIII

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MRS.
HARE’S DREAM.
The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.
Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.
The justice rubbed his face to a shining brilliancy, settled on his morning wig and his dressing-gown, and then turned to the bed.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

East Lynne

Chapter XVIII

Reading 1/67 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
MRS.
Line 2
HARE’S DREAM.
Line 3
The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.
Line 4
Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.
Line 5
The justice rubbed his face to a shining brilliancy, settled on his morning wig and his dressing-gown, and then turned to the bed.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.”

DREAM noun US /driːm/

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading “HARE’S DREAM.”

Found noun US /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.”

Morning noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.”

Next noun US /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.”

Nothing pronoun US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.”

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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 Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.

bed

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From this reading The justice rubbed his face to a shining brilliancy, settled on his morning wig and his dressing-gown, and then turned to the bed.

bedroom

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From this reading The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.

bedrooms

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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

bright

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From this reading The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.

brilliancy

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From this reading The justice rubbed his face to a shining brilliancy, settled on his morning wig and his dressing-gown, and then turned to the bed.

class

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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

cloudless

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From this reading The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.

day

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From this reading The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.

DREAMnounUS /driːm/

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading HARE’S DREAM.

dressing-gown

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From this reading The justice rubbed his face to a shining brilliancy, settled on his morning wig and his dressing-gown, and then turned to the bed.

dressing-room

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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

dressing-rooms

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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

face

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From this reading The justice rubbed his face to a shining brilliancy, settled on his morning wig and his dressing-gown, and then turned to the bed.

foundnounUS /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

Hare

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From this reading The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.

HARE'S

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From this reading HARE’S DREAM.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading The justice rubbed his face to a shining brilliancy, settled on his morning wig and his dressing-gown, and then turned to the bed.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.

justice

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From this reading The justice rubbed his face to a shining brilliancy, settled on his morning wig and his dressing-gown, and then turned to the bed.

knew

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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

large

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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

lives

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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

morningnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.

Mr

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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

MRS

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From this reading MRS.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

nextnounUS /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.

nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.

old-fashioned

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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The justice rubbed his face to a shining brilliancy, settled on his morning wig and his dressing-gown, and then turned to the bed.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

rose

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From this reading The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.

rubbed

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From this reading The justice rubbed his face to a shining brilliancy, settled on his morning wig and his dressing-gown, and then turned to the bed.

settled

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From this reading The justice rubbed his face to a shining brilliancy, settled on his morning wig and his dressing-gown, and then turned to the bed.

shining

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From this reading The justice rubbed his face to a shining brilliancy, settled on his morning wig and his dressing-gown, and then turned to the bed.

streamed

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From this reading The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.

sun

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From this reading The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

then

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From this reading The justice rubbed his face to a shining brilliancy, settled on his morning wig and his dressing-gown, and then turned to the bed.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The justice rubbed his face to a shining brilliancy, settled on his morning wig and his dressing-gown, and then turned to the bed.

turned

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From this reading The justice rubbed his face to a shining brilliancy, settled on his morning wig and his dressing-gown, and then turned to the bed.

used

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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

very

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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

want

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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

warm

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From this reading The next day rose bright, warm, and cloudless, and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms, their bedrooms were very large, and they never used a dressing-room in their lives, or found the want of one.

wig

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From this reading The justice rubbed his face to a shining brilliancy, settled on his morning wig and his dressing-gown, and then turned to the bed.