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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 "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _As You Like It_.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
beams
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From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
black
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From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
book
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From this reading To Jean, unused to hotel life and greatly interested in her kind, it was like a peep into some thrilling book.
breakfast
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From this reading She could hardly eat her breakfast for studying the faces of her neighbours and trying to place them.
breakfasters
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butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
ceiling
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From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
corn-fields
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From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She could hardly eat her breakfast for studying the faces of her neighbours and trying to place them.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
dining-room
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From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
eat
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From this reading She could hardly eat her breakfast for studying the faces of her neighbours and trying to place them.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
eyes
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faces
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From this reading She could hardly eat her breakfast for studying the faces of her neighbours and trying to place them.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
greatly
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From this reading To Jean, unused to hotel life and greatly interested in her kind, it was like a peep into some thrilling book.
green
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From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
hardly
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From this reading She could hardly eat her breakfast for studying the faces of her neighbours and trying to place them.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading To Jean, unused to hotel life and greatly interested in her kind, it was like a peep into some thrilling book.
hey
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From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
ho
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From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
hotel
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From this reading To Jean, unused to hotel life and greatly interested in her kind, it was like a peep into some thrilling book.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
interested
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From this reading To Jean, unused to hotel life and greatly interested in her kind, it was like a peep into some thrilling book.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading To Jean, unused to hotel life and greatly interested in her kind, it was like a peep into some thrilling book.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
Jean
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From this reading To Jean, unused to hotel life and greatly interested in her kind, it was like a peep into some thrilling book.
Jean's
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From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
kind
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From this reading To Jean, unused to hotel life and greatly interested in her kind, it was like a peep into some thrilling book.
lass
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From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To Jean, unused to hotel life and greatly interested in her kind, it was like a peep into some thrilling book.
Like
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From this reading _As You Like It_.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
looking
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From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
lover
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From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
low
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From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
neighbours
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From this reading She could hardly eat her breakfast for studying the faces of her neighbours and trying to place them.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
nonino
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From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
o'er
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From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
oak
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From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She could hardly eat her breakfast for studying the faces of her neighbours and trying to place them.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
only
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From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
pass
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From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
peep
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From this reading To Jean, unused to hotel life and greatly interested in her kind, it was like a peep into some thrilling book.
place
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From this reading She could hardly eat her breakfast for studying the faces of her neighbours and trying to place them.
pretty
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From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
ring
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From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
room
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From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
round
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From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
seen
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From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
some
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From this reading To Jean, unused to hotel life and greatly interested in her kind, it was like a peep into some thrilling book.
someonepronounUS /ˈsʌmwʌn/
a person, without saying who
From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
spring-time
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From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
studying
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From this reading She could hardly eat her breakfast for studying the faces of her neighbours and trying to place them.
tables
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From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She could hardly eat her breakfast for studying the faces of her neighbours and trying to place them.
there
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From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
thrilling
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From this reading To Jean, unused to hotel life and greatly interested in her kind, it was like a peep into some thrilling book.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To Jean, unused to hotel life and greatly interested in her kind, it was like a peep into some thrilling book.
trying
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From this reading She could hardly eat her breakfast for studying the faces of her neighbours and trying to place them.
unused
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From this reading To Jean, unused to hotel life and greatly interested in her kind, it was like a peep into some thrilling book.
wandered
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From this reading Next morning Jean's eyes wandered round the dining-room as if looking for someone, but there was no one she had ever seen before among the breakfasters at the little round tables in the pretty room with its low ceiling and black oak beams.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-fields did pass, In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time...."
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _As You Like It_.
