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Life's little stage
Life's little stage

Chapter XXXIII

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THIS GLORIOUS WORLD!
"OH, it is a glorious world!"
Magda exclaimed.
At six o'clock she had roused up, wide awake.
Breakfast would not be until past nine.
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Life's little stage

Chapter XXXIII

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THIS GLORIOUS WORLD!
Line 2
"OH, it is a glorious world!"
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Magda exclaimed.
Line 4
At six o'clock she had roused up, wide awake.
Line 5
Breakfast would not be until past nine.

Learner Dictionary

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

Until preposition US /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “Breakfast would not be until past nine.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “Breakfast would not be until past nine.”

All words in this reading · 25

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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 "OH, it is a glorious world!"

AtprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At six o'clock she had roused up, wide awake.

awake

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From this reading At six o'clock she had roused up, wide awake.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Breakfast would not be until past nine.

Breakfast

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From this reading Breakfast would not be until past nine.

exclaimed

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From this reading Magda exclaimed.

GLORIOUS

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From this reading THIS GLORIOUS WORLD!

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading At six o'clock she had roused up, wide awake.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading "OH, it is a glorious world!"

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "OH, it is a glorious world!"

Magda

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From this reading Magda exclaimed.

nine

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From this reading Breakfast would not be until past nine.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Breakfast would not be until past nine.

o'clock

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From this reading At six o'clock she had roused up, wide awake.

OH

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From this reading "OH, it is a glorious world!"

past

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From this reading Breakfast would not be until past nine.

roused

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From this reading At six o'clock she had roused up, wide awake.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

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

From this reading At six o'clock she had roused up, wide awake.

six

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From this reading At six o'clock she had roused up, wide awake.

THISdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading THIS GLORIOUS WORLD!

untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading Breakfast would not be until past nine.

up

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From this reading At six o'clock she had roused up, wide awake.

wide

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From this reading At six o'clock she had roused up, wide awake.

WORLD

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From this reading THIS GLORIOUS WORLD!

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Breakfast would not be until past nine.