Chapter V
ROSA. Surely 'twas but a common tumult, such as happens every day in Genoa. LEONORA. They cried murder! and I distinctly heard Fiesco's name. In vain you would deceive me.
Fiesco
Chapter V
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ROSA.
Surely
'twas
but
a
common
tumult,
such
as
happens
every
day
in
Genoa.
LEONORA.
They
cried
murder!
and
I
distinctly
heard
Fiesco's
name.
In
vain
you
would
deceive
me.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
ROSA.
Line 2
Surely
'twas
but
a
common
tumult,
such
as
happens
every
day
in
Genoa.
Line 3
LEONORA.
Line 4
They
cried
murder!
and
I
distinctly
heard
Fiesco's
name.
Line 5
In
vain
you
would
deceive
me.
Learner Dictionary
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Cried
noun
US /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They cried murder! and I distinctly heard Fiesco's name.”
Every
determiner
US /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Surely 'twas but a common tumult, such as happens every day in Genoa.”
Name
noun
US /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They cried murder! and I distinctly heard Fiesco's name.”
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “In vain you would deceive me.”
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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 Surely 'twas but a common tumult, such as happens every day in Genoa.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They cried murder! and I distinctly heard Fiesco's name.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Surely 'twas but a common tumult, such as happens every day in Genoa.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Surely 'twas but a common tumult, such as happens every day in Genoa.
common
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From this reading Surely 'twas but a common tumult, such as happens every day in Genoa.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They cried murder! and I distinctly heard Fiesco's name.
day
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From this reading Surely 'twas but a common tumult, such as happens every day in Genoa.
deceive
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From this reading In vain you would deceive me.
distinctly
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From this reading They cried murder! and I distinctly heard Fiesco's name.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Surely 'twas but a common tumult, such as happens every day in Genoa.
Fiesco's
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From this reading They cried murder! and I distinctly heard Fiesco's name.
Genoa
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From this reading Surely 'twas but a common tumult, such as happens every day in Genoa.
happens
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From this reading Surely 'twas but a common tumult, such as happens every day in Genoa.
heard
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From this reading They cried murder! and I distinctly heard Fiesco's name.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading They cried murder! and I distinctly heard Fiesco's name.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Surely 'twas but a common tumult, such as happens every day in Genoa.
LEONORA
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From this reading LEONORA.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In vain you would deceive me.
murder
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From this reading They cried murder! and I distinctly heard Fiesco's name.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They cried murder! and I distinctly heard Fiesco's name.
ROSA
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From this reading ROSA.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Surely 'twas but a common tumult, such as happens every day in Genoa.
Surely
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From this reading Surely 'twas but a common tumult, such as happens every day in Genoa.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They cried murder! and I distinctly heard Fiesco's name.
tumult
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From this reading Surely 'twas but a common tumult, such as happens every day in Genoa.
twas
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From this reading Surely 'twas but a common tumult, such as happens every day in Genoa.
vain
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From this reading In vain you would deceive me.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading In vain you would deceive me.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading In vain you would deceive me.