adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading -- Guidotto da Cremona dies leaving a girl to Giacomino da Pavia.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
AlladjectiveUS /ɔːl/
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She is discovered to be Giannole's sister, and is given to Minghino to wife.
controlnounUS /kənˈtroʊl/
power to direct or determine
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
Cremonanoun
a city in Lombardy on the Po River; noted for the manufacture of fine violins from the 16th to the 18th centuries
From this reading -- Guidotto da Cremona dies leaving a girl to Giacomino da Pavia.
danounUS /dɑː/
an official prosecutor for a judicial district
From this reading -- Guidotto da Cremona dies leaving a girl to Giacomino da Pavia.
di
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From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
diesnounUS /daɪz/
plural of “die” — a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
From this reading -- Guidotto da Cremona dies leaving a girl to Giacomino da Pavia.
discoveredadjectiveUS /dɪˈskʌvərd/
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading She is discovered to be Giannole's sister, and is given to Minghino to wife.
evenadjectiveUS /ˈiːvɪn/
divisible by two
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
Faenza
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From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
fightverbUS /faɪt/
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
Filostrato
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From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
finishedadjectiveUS /ˈfɪnɪʃt/
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
Giacomino
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From this reading -- Guidotto da Cremona dies leaving a girl to Giacomino da Pavia.
Giannole
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From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
Giannole's
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From this reading She is discovered to be Giannole's sister, and is given to Minghino to wife.
girlnounUS /ɡɜːrl/
a young female
From this reading -- Guidotto da Cremona dies leaving a girl to Giacomino da Pavia.
givenadjectiveUS /ˈɡɪvən/
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading She is discovered to be Giannole's sister, and is given to Minghino to wife.
Guidotto
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From this reading -- Guidotto da Cremona dies leaving a girl to Giacomino da Pavia.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
heartilyadverbUS /ˈhɑːrtəli/
with gusto and without reservation
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is discovered to be Giannole's sister, and is given to Minghino to wife.
ladiesnounUS /ˈleɪdiz/
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
laughedverbUS /læft/
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
leavingnounUS /ˈliːvɪŋ/
the act of departing
From this reading -- Guidotto da Cremona dies leaving a girl to Giacomino da Pavia.
loversnounUS /ˈlʌvərz/
plural of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
merrimentnoun
a gay feeling
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
Minghino
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From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
Mingole
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From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
nightingalenounUS /ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/
European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
NOVELnounUS /ˈnɑːvəl/
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading NOVEL V.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
Pavia
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From this reading -- Guidotto da Cremona dies leaving a girl to Giacomino da Pavia.
Severino
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From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
sisternounUS /ˈsɪstər/
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading She is discovered to be Giannole's sister, and is given to Minghino to wife.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
storynounUS /ˈstɔːri/
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading -- Guidotto da Cremona dies leaving a girl to Giacomino da Pavia.
twonounUS /tuː/
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
VnounUS /viː/
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading NOVEL V.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading -- All the ladies laughed so heartily over the story of the nightingale, that, even when Filostrato had finished, they could not control their merriment.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
wifenounUS /waɪf/
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading She is discovered to be Giannole's sister, and is given to Minghino to wife.
witnounUS /wɪt/
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading She has two lovers in Faenza, to wit, Giannole di Severino and Minghino di Mingole, who fight about her.
