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again
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From this reading [Sidenote: Second suitor reluctantly approaches cat and begins to feed her again.
althoughconjunctionUS /ˌɔːlˈðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading And so they worked with eager care; The cat devoured the treat, Yet would not wink, although the knights Were kneeling at her feet.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [Sidenote: Second suitor reluctantly approaches cat and begins to feed her again.
approaches
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From this reading [Sidenote: Second suitor reluctantly approaches cat and begins to feed her again.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And so they worked with eager care; The cat devoured the treat, Yet would not wink, although the knights Were kneeling at her feet.
begins
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From this reading [Sidenote: Second suitor reluctantly approaches cat and begins to feed her again.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
blinks
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From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
care
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From this reading And so they worked with eager care; The cat devoured the treat, Yet would not wink, although the knights Were kneeling at her feet.
cat
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From this reading [Sidenote: Second suitor reluctantly approaches cat and begins to feed her again.
cat's
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From this reading They stroke cat’s fur, and she spits and hisses.]
Come
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From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
devoured
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From this reading And so they worked with eager care; The cat devoured the treat, Yet would not wink, although the knights Were kneeling at her feet.
eager
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From this reading And so they worked with eager care; The cat devoured the treat, Yet would not wink, although the knights Were kneeling at her feet.
eyes
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From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
feed
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From this reading [Sidenote: Second suitor reluctantly approaches cat and begins to feed her again.
feet
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From this reading And so they worked with eager care; The cat devoured the treat, Yet would not wink, although the knights Were kneeling at her feet.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
fulfil
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From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
fur
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From this reading They stroke cat’s fur, and she spits and hisses.]
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [Sidenote: Second suitor reluctantly approaches cat and begins to feed her again.
here
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From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
hisses
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From this reading They stroke cat’s fur, and she spits and hisses.]
kneel
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From this reading [Sidenote: Knights kneel.]
kneeling
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From this reading And so they worked with eager care; The cat devoured the treat, Yet would not wink, although the knights Were kneeling at her feet.
Knights
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From this reading [Sidenote: Knights kneel.]
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And so they worked with eager care; The cat devoured the treat, Yet would not wink, although the knights Were kneeling at her feet.
reluctantly
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From this reading [Sidenote: Second suitor reluctantly approaches cat and begins to feed her again.
sacred
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From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
Second
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From this reading [Sidenote: Second suitor reluctantly approaches cat and begins to feed her again.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They stroke cat’s fur, and she spits and hisses.]
Sidenote
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From this reading [Sidenote: Second suitor reluctantly approaches cat and begins to feed her again.
sign
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From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And so they worked with eager care; The cat devoured the treat, Yet would not wink, although the knights Were kneeling at her feet.
spits
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From this reading They stroke cat’s fur, and she spits and hisses.]
stroke
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From this reading They stroke cat’s fur, and she spits and hisses.]
suitor
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From this reading [Sidenote: Second suitor reluctantly approaches cat and begins to feed her again.
sure
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From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
that's
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From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They stroke cat’s fur, and she spits and hisses.]
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [Sidenote: Second suitor reluctantly approaches cat and begins to feed her again.
treat
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From this reading And so they worked with eager care; The cat devoured the treat, Yet would not wink, although the knights Were kneeling at her feet.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
Wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And so they worked with eager care; The cat devoured the treat, Yet would not wink, although the knights Were kneeling at her feet.
WhichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Come here beside me, we will feed The sacred cat until She blinks her eyes, for that’s the sign Which she will sure fulfil.”
wink
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From this reading And so they worked with eager care; The cat devoured the treat, Yet would not wink, although the knights Were kneeling at her feet.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And so they worked with eager care; The cat devoured the treat, Yet would not wink, although the knights Were kneeling at her feet.
worked
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From this reading And so they worked with eager care; The cat devoured the treat, Yet would not wink, although the knights Were kneeling at her feet.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And so they worked with eager care; The cat devoured the treat, Yet would not wink, although the knights Were kneeling at her feet.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And so they worked with eager care; The cat devoured the treat, Yet would not wink, although the knights Were kneeling at her feet.
