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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 "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
apples
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
apron
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From this reading Fleda opened the kitchen door and came in, folding up a calico apron she had just taken off.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One morning Mrs. Rossitur was seated in the breakfast-room at her usual employment, mending and patching no sinecure now.
away
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From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
baskets
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
beare
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
BEN
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From this reading BEN JOHNSON.
better
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
breakfast-room
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From this reading One morning Mrs. Rossitur was seated in the breakfast-room at her usual employment, mending and patching no sinecure now.
bring
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
cake
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
calico
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From this reading Fleda opened the kitchen door and came in, folding up a calico apron she had just taken off.
came
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From this reading Fleda opened the kitchen door and came in, folding up a calico apron she had just taken off.
capon
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
cheeses
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
commend
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
daughters
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
Didenhover's
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From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
door
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From this reading Fleda opened the kitchen door and came in, folding up a calico apron she had just taken off.
else
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
embleme
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
employment
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From this reading One morning Mrs. Rossitur was seated in the breakfast-room at her usual employment, mending and patching no sinecure now.
family
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From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
Fleda
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From this reading Fleda opened the kitchen door and came in, folding up a calico apron she had just taken off.
folding
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From this reading Fleda opened the kitchen door and came in, folding up a calico apron she had just taken off.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Fleda opened the kitchen door and came in, folding up a calico apron she had just taken off.
hem
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading One morning Mrs. Rossitur was seated in the breakfast-room at her usual employment, mending and patching no sinecure now.
husbands
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
JOHNSON
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From this reading BEN JOHNSON.
just
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From this reading Fleda opened the kitchen door and came in, folding up a calico apron she had just taken off.
kitchen
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From this reading Fleda opened the kitchen door and came in, folding up a calico apron she had just taken off.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
mending
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From this reading One morning Mrs. Rossitur was seated in the breakfast-room at her usual employment, mending and patching no sinecure now.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One morning Mrs. Rossitur was seated in the breakfast-room at her usual employment, mending and patching no sinecure now.
Mr
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From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
Mrs
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From this reading One morning Mrs. Rossitur was seated in the breakfast-room at her usual employment, mending and patching no sinecure now.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading One morning Mrs. Rossitur was seated in the breakfast-room at her usual employment, mending and patching no sinecure now.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
now
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From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
nuts
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
off
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From this reading Fleda opened the kitchen door and came in, folding up a calico apron she had just taken off.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One morning Mrs. Rossitur was seated in the breakfast-room at her usual employment, mending and patching no sinecure now.
opened
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From this reading Fleda opened the kitchen door and came in, folding up a calico apron she had just taken off.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
patching
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From this reading One morning Mrs. Rossitur was seated in the breakfast-room at her usual employment, mending and patching no sinecure now.
pears
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
plum
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
ripe
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
Rossitur
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From this reading One morning Mrs. Rossitur was seated in the breakfast-room at her usual employment, mending and patching no sinecure now.
runneth
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From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
rurall
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
seated
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From this reading One morning Mrs. Rossitur was seated in the breakfast-room at her usual employment, mending and patching no sinecure now.
second
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From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
send
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Fleda opened the kitchen door and came in, folding up a calico apron she had just taken off.
sinecure
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From this reading One morning Mrs. Rossitur was seated in the breakfast-room at her usual employment, mending and patching no sinecure now.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
Some
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
summer
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From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
taken
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From this reading Fleda opened the kitchen door and came in, folding up a calico apron she had just taken off.
term
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From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
thinke
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
up
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From this reading Fleda opened the kitchen door and came in, folding up a calico apron she had just taken off.
usual
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From this reading One morning Mrs. Rossitur was seated in the breakfast-room at her usual employment, mending and patching no sinecure now.
walked
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From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
way
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From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
withal
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From this reading So the time walked away for this family was not now of those "whom time runneth withal" to the second summer of Mr. Didenhover's term.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Some bring a capon, some a rurall cake, Some nuts, some apples; some that thinke they make The better cheeses, bring 'hem; or else send By their ripe daughters, whom they would commend This way to husbands; and whose baskets beare An embleme of themselves in plum or pears."
