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Precepts in Practice
Precepts in Practice

Chapter XIII

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FRIENDS IN NEED.
“He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.
17.
Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.
Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.
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Precepts in Practice

Chapter XIII

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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FRIENDS IN NEED.
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“He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.
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17.
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Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.
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Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.

Learner Dictionary

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

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.”

Beneath preposition US /bɪˈniːθ/

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading “Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.”

Forward noun US /forward/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.”

Hath auxiliary verb US /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading ““He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.”

Hear noun US /hear/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.”

Morning noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.”

NEED noun US /need/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “FRIENDS IN NEED.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.”

Poor noun US /poor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.”

Unto preposition US /ˈʌntuː/

an old word for “to”

From this reading ““He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading ““He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.”

Went noun US /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.”

All words in this reading · 52

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17

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From this reading 17.

accustomed

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From this reading Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

Alie

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From this reading Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.

barefoot

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From this reading Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.

beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.

early

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From this reading Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.

forwardnounUS /forward/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.

FRIENDS

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From this reading FRIENDS IN NEED.

gipsy

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From this reading Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.

girl's

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From this reading Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.

given

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From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

greeting

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From this reading Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.

hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

hearnounUS /hear/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading FRIENDS IN NEED.

lendeth

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From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

Lord

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From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

Madge

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From this reading Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.

meet

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From this reading Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.

meeting

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From this reading Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.

morningnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.

NEEDnounUS /need/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading FRIENDS IN NEED.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.

old

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From this reading Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.

pay

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From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

pity

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From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

place

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From this reading Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.

poornounUS /poor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

PROV

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From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

ran

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From this reading Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

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

From this reading Alie did not hear the gipsy girl’s accustomed greeting as she ran forward barefoot to meet her.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

thorn-tree

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From this reading Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.

untoprepositionUS /ˈʌntuː/

an old word for “to”

From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.

wentnounUS /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Alie went to the place of meeting early one morning, but Madge was not beneath the old thorn-tree.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.

xix

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From this reading “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”—PROV. xix.