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The Emancipated

Chapter XIII

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ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.
Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.
Cecily sends a line.
Do come.
Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Emancipated

Chapter XIII

Reading 1/52 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.
Line 2
Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.
Line 3
Cecily sends a line.
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Do come.
/duː come/
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Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.

Learner Dictionary

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

Beginning noun US /ˈbeginning/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.”

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.”

Hear noun US /hear/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.”

MORNING noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.”

Themselves pronoun US /ðemˈselvz/

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading “Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.”

All words in this reading · 64

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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 Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

all

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From this reading Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

answer

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From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.

beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

boat

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From this reading Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.

cannot

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From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

Cecily

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From this reading Cecily sends a line.

ComenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

correspondence

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From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

day

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From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Do come.

early

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From this reading Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.

end

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From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

give

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From this reading Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

hearnounUS /hear/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

how

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From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

leisure

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From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

letter

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From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

line

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From this reading Cecily sends a line.

listen

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

Lucia

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From this reading Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

Monday

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.

MORNINGnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

now

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From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

off

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From this reading Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.

ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

particulars

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From this reading Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.

patiently

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

promise

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From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

reflect

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From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

Santa

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From this reading Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.

see

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From this reading Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.

sends

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From this reading Cecily sends a line.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

shape

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From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

Spence

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From this reading Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.

spend

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From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

TakenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

there

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From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

things

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From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Take the early boat on Monday; Spence will give you all particulars, and see you off at Santa Lucia.

WINGS

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From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Come and spend a day here with us; I promise to listen patiently, and you shall hear how things are beginning to shape themselves in my mind, now I have had leisure to reflect.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING "I cannot answer your long letter; to such correspondence there is no end.