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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 "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
Age
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From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Nature must weep to see the bizarre carnival these people enjoy on the Seventh Day," answered the other.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
beasts
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From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
beauty
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From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
bizarre
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From this reading "Nature must weep to see the bizarre carnival these people enjoy on the Seventh Day," answered the other.
black
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From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
blue
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From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
bodies
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
Brady
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From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
breasts
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From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
brightening
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
broadcloth
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From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
carnival
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From this reading "Nature must weep to see the bizarre carnival these people enjoy on the Seventh Day," answered the other.
clad
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From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
cursed
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From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
Day
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From this reading "Nature must weep to see the bizarre carnival these people enjoy on the Seventh Day," answered the other.
drabs
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
DreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
dummy
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From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
duns
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
enjoy
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From this reading "Nature must weep to see the bizarre carnival these people enjoy on the Seventh Day," answered the other.
environment
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
eyes
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
father
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From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
feathers
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
flowers
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From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
frock
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From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
girl
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
goes
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From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
hair
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From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
hat
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From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
head
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From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
how
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From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
hundred
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
laughed
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From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
like
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From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
louts
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
man
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From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Nature must weep to see the bizarre carnival these people enjoy on the Seventh Day," answered the other.
Nature
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From this reading "Nature must weep to see the bizarre carnival these people enjoy on the Seventh Day," answered the other.
necklace
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From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Nature must weep to see the bizarre carnival these people enjoy on the Seventh Day," answered the other.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
orange
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
other
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From this reading "Nature must weep to see the bizarre carnival these people enjoy on the Seventh Day," answered the other.
paint
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From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
patriarch
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From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
people
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From this reading "Nature must weep to see the bizarre carnival these people enjoy on the Seventh Day," answered the other.
petticoat
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From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
picture
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From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
proper
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
red
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
russets
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
see
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From this reading "Nature must weep to see the bizarre carnival these people enjoy on the Seventh Day," answered the other.
Seventh
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From this reading "Nature must weep to see the bizarre carnival these people enjoy on the Seventh Day," answered the other.
shells
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From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
sinful
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From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
skins
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
soft
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From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
Stone
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From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
straw-colored
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From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
stuck
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From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
tailor's
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From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
tawny
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
teeth
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From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Nature must weep to see the bizarre carnival these people enjoy on the Seventh Day," answered the other.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
There
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From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "Nature must weep to see the bizarre carnival these people enjoy on the Seventh Day," answered the other.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
tones
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From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
torn
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From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading "Their duns and drabs, their russets and tawny tones of red and orange, are of their environment, the proper skins for their bodies; but to think of that girl brightening the eyes of a hundred louts by virtue of those fine feathers!
waist
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From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
weep
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From this reading "Nature must weep to see the bizarre carnival these people enjoy on the Seventh Day," answered the other.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And the man--her father, I suppose--what a picture his cursed broadcloth and soft black hat make of him--like the head of a patriarch stuck on a tailor's dummy."
wild
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From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
wolf
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From this reading Dream of her in the Stone Age, clad in a petticoat torn from a wolf, with her straw-colored hair to her waist and a necklace of shells or wild beasts' teeth between her breasts!
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "There goes your beauty," laughed Brady; "how would you like to paint her in that frock with those sinful blue flowers in her hat?"
