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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading WU It was love at first sight.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
bride
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From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
bride's
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From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
bridegroom
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From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Wu Li Chang’s lip had quivered mutinously, and so the suggestion had gone no farther.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
ceremonial
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From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
Chang's
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From this reading But Wu Li Chang’s lip had quivered mutinously, and so the suggestion had gone no farther.
clapped
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From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
crowed
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From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
danced
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From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
delight
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From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
dignity
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From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
farther
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From this reading But Wu Li Chang’s lip had quivered mutinously, and so the suggestion had gone no farther.
first
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From this reading WU It was love at first sight.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
forgot
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From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
gone
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From this reading But Wu Li Chang’s lip had quivered mutinously, and so the suggestion had gone no farther.
grave
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From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading WU It was love at first sight.
Li
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From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
lip
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From this reading But Wu Li Chang’s lip had quivered mutinously, and so the suggestion had gone no farther.
little
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From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
love
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From this reading WU It was love at first sight.
mandarin
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From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
MRS
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From this reading WEE MRS.
mutinously
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From this reading But Wu Li Chang’s lip had quivered mutinously, and so the suggestion had gone no farther.
new
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From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But Wu Li Chang’s lip had quivered mutinously, and so the suggestion had gone no farther.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
part
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From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
performed
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From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
proxy
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From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
quivered
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From this reading But Wu Li Chang’s lip had quivered mutinously, and so the suggestion had gone no farther.
robes
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From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
rôle
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From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
sight
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From this reading WU It was love at first sight.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But Wu Li Chang’s lip had quivered mutinously, and so the suggestion had gone no farther.
some
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From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
suggestion
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From this reading But Wu Li Chang’s lip had quivered mutinously, and so the suggestion had gone no farther.
talk
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From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
there
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From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
vicarious
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From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
volunteering
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From this reading The bride’s part might have been performed by proxy, and there had been some talk of this, Mrs. Li volunteering for the vicarious rôle.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WU It was love at first sight.
WEE
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From this reading WEE MRS.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
WU
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From this reading WU It was love at first sight.
yellow
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From this reading The bride crowed at the bridegroom, and he forgot his grave new dignity and his ceremonial mandarin robes, and clapped his little yellow hands and danced with delight.
