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Once a Week

Chapter VII

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SUNDAY MORNING (MRS.
BARCLAY _begins_) It was a beautiful Sunday morning.
All nature browsed in solemn Sabbath stillness.
The Little Grey Woman of the Night-Light was hurrying, somewhat late, to church.
Down the white ribbon of road the Virile Benedict of the Libraries came bicycling, treadling easily from the ankles.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Once a Week

Chapter VII

Reading 1/11 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
SUNDAY MORNING (MRS.
Line 2
BARCLAY _begins_) It was a beautiful Sunday morning.
Line 3
All nature browsed in solemn Sabbath stillness.
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The Little Grey Woman of the Night-Light was hurrying, somewhat late, to church.
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Down the white ribbon of road the Virile Benedict of the Libraries came bicycling, treadling easily from the ankles.

Learner Dictionary

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

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The Little Grey Woman of the Night-Light was hurrying, somewhat late, to church.”

MORNING noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “SUNDAY MORNING (MRS.”

All words in this reading · 40

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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 BARCLAY _begins_) It was a beautiful Sunday morning.

All

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From this reading All nature browsed in solemn Sabbath stillness.

ankles

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From this reading Down the white ribbon of road the Virile Benedict of the Libraries came bicycling, treadling easily from the ankles.

BARCLAY

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From this reading BARCLAY _begins_) It was a beautiful Sunday morning.

beautiful

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From this reading BARCLAY _begins_) It was a beautiful Sunday morning.

begins

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From this reading BARCLAY _begins_) It was a beautiful Sunday morning.

Benedict

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From this reading Down the white ribbon of road the Virile Benedict of the Libraries came bicycling, treadling easily from the ankles.

bicycling

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From this reading Down the white ribbon of road the Virile Benedict of the Libraries came bicycling, treadling easily from the ankles.

browsed

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From this reading All nature browsed in solemn Sabbath stillness.

came

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From this reading Down the white ribbon of road the Virile Benedict of the Libraries came bicycling, treadling easily from the ankles.

church

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From this reading The Little Grey Woman of the Night-Light was hurrying, somewhat late, to church.

Down

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From this reading Down the white ribbon of road the Virile Benedict of the Libraries came bicycling, treadling easily from the ankles.

easily

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From this reading Down the white ribbon of road the Virile Benedict of the Libraries came bicycling, treadling easily from the ankles.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Down the white ribbon of road the Virile Benedict of the Libraries came bicycling, treadling easily from the ankles.

Grey

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From this reading The Little Grey Woman of the Night-Light was hurrying, somewhat late, to church.

hurrying

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From this reading The Little Grey Woman of the Night-Light was hurrying, somewhat late, to church.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading All nature browsed in solemn Sabbath stillness.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading BARCLAY _begins_) It was a beautiful Sunday morning.

late

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From this reading The Little Grey Woman of the Night-Light was hurrying, somewhat late, to church.

Libraries

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From this reading Down the white ribbon of road the Virile Benedict of the Libraries came bicycling, treadling easily from the ankles.

LittlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The Little Grey Woman of the Night-Light was hurrying, somewhat late, to church.

MORNINGnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading SUNDAY MORNING (MRS.

MRS

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From this reading SUNDAY MORNING (MRS.

nature

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From this reading All nature browsed in solemn Sabbath stillness.

Night-Light

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From this reading The Little Grey Woman of the Night-Light was hurrying, somewhat late, to church.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Little Grey Woman of the Night-Light was hurrying, somewhat late, to church.

ribbon

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From this reading Down the white ribbon of road the Virile Benedict of the Libraries came bicycling, treadling easily from the ankles.

road

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From this reading Down the white ribbon of road the Virile Benedict of the Libraries came bicycling, treadling easily from the ankles.

Sabbath

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From this reading All nature browsed in solemn Sabbath stillness.

solemn

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From this reading All nature browsed in solemn Sabbath stillness.

somewhat

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From this reading The Little Grey Woman of the Night-Light was hurrying, somewhat late, to church.

stillness

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From this reading All nature browsed in solemn Sabbath stillness.

SUNDAY

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From this reading SUNDAY MORNING (MRS.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The Little Grey Woman of the Night-Light was hurrying, somewhat late, to church.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The Little Grey Woman of the Night-Light was hurrying, somewhat late, to church.

treadling

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From this reading Down the white ribbon of road the Virile Benedict of the Libraries came bicycling, treadling easily from the ankles.

Virile

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From this reading Down the white ribbon of road the Virile Benedict of the Libraries came bicycling, treadling easily from the ankles.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading BARCLAY _begins_) It was a beautiful Sunday morning.

white

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From this reading Down the white ribbon of road the Virile Benedict of the Libraries came bicycling, treadling easily from the ankles.

Woman

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From this reading The Little Grey Woman of the Night-Light was hurrying, somewhat late, to church.