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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Duty is not only something which we may do, it is something which we ought to do, and which it would be wrong to neglect.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Duty is not only something which we may do, it is something which we ought to do, and which it would be wrong to neglect.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It is not simply permission, but obligation.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Please tell me exactly what is meant by duty, mamma."
currant-bushes
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From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Duty is not only something which we may do, it is something which we ought to do, and which it would be wrong to neglect.
duty
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From this reading "Then you see it was not duty."
exactly
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From this reading "Please tell me exactly what is meant by duty, mamma."
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
get
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From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
go
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From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Please tell me exactly what is meant by duty, mamma."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
mamma
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From this reading "Please tell me exactly what is meant by duty, mamma."
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "Duty is not only something which we may do, it is something which we ought to do, and which it would be wrong to neglect.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Please tell me exactly what is meant by duty, mamma."
meant
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From this reading "Please tell me exactly what is meant by duty, mamma."
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
neglect
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From this reading "Duty is not only something which we may do, it is something which we ought to do, and which it would be wrong to neglect.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
obligation
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From this reading It is not simply permission, but obligation.
Oh
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From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
only
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From this reading "Duty is not only something which we may do, it is something which we ought to do, and which it would be wrong to neglect.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading "Duty is not only something which we may do, it is something which we ought to do, and which it would be wrong to neglect.
permission
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From this reading It is not simply permission, but obligation.
Please
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From this reading "Please tell me exactly what is meant by duty, mamma."
Rose
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From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
said
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From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
see
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From this reading "Then you see it was not duty."
simply
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From this reading It is not simply permission, but obligation.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "Duty is not only something which we may do, it is something which we ought to do, and which it would be wrong to neglect.
tell
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From this reading "Please tell me exactly what is meant by duty, mamma."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
Then
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From this reading "Then you see it was not duty."
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Duty is not only something which we may do, it is something which we ought to do, and which it would be wrong to neglect.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Then you see it was not duty."
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Duty is not only something which we may do, it is something which we ought to do, and which it would be wrong to neglect.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Please tell me exactly what is meant by duty, mamma."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Duty is not only something which we may do, it is something which we ought to do, and which it would be wrong to neglect.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
wrong
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From this reading "Oh no," said Rose; "it would not have been wrong, for nobody said I must get them, or that I must go through the currant-bushes."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Then you see it was not duty."
