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Elsie Venner
Elsie Venner

Chapter XIII

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People will talk.
'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.
“That 's what they say.
Means to marry her, if she is his cousin.
Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Elsie Venner

Chapter XIII

Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
People will talk.
Line 2
'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.
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“That 's what they say.
Line 4
Means to marry her, if she is his cousin.
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Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

Learner Dictionary

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

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.””

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.””

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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 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

air

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From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

any

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From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

Ciascun

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From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

country

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From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

cousin

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From this reading Means to marry her, if she is his cousin.

dice

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From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

Dudley

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From this reading Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

get

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From this reading Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

Got

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From this reading Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Means to marry her, if she is his cousin.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading Means to marry her, if she is his cousin.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Means to marry her, if she is his cousin.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

live

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From this reading Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

lo

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From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

marry

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From this reading Means to marry her, if she is his cousin.

Means

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From this reading Means to marry her, if she is his cousin.

money

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From this reading Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

national

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From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

oftener

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From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

old

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From this reading Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

other

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From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

People

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From this reading People will talk.

place

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From this reading Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

played

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From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

property

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From this reading Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

s

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From this reading “That 's what they say.

say

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From this reading “That 's what they say.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Means to marry her, if she is his cousin.

story

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From this reading Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

talk

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From this reading People will talk.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

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

From this reading “That 's what they say.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Means to marry her, if she is his cousin.

tune

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From this reading 'Ciascun lo dice' is a tune that is played oftener than the national air of this country or any other.

wants

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From this reading Got money himself,--that 's the story,--but wants to come and live in the old place, and get the Dudley property by and by.”

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading “That 's what they say.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading People will talk.