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agape
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From this reading They were agape with mingled fear and curiosity, and they were chattering like magpies.
always
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From this reading There’s something not modest in dying out o’ bed, I always did say.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
Aye
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From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “We’ll be murdered outright,” said the kitchen-maid, her pertness gone.
bed
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From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
BRUNT
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From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
chattering
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From this reading They were agape with mingled fear and curiosity, and they were chattering like magpies.
crowded
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From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
curiosity
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From this reading They were agape with mingled fear and curiosity, and they were chattering like magpies.
day
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From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading There’s something not modest in dying out o’ bed, I always did say.”
die
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From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
doorway
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From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
dying
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From this reading There’s something not modest in dying out o’ bed, I always did say.”
easy
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From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
end
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From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
far
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From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
fear
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From this reading They were agape with mingled fear and curiosity, and they were chattering like magpies.
fifty
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From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
find
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From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
gone
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From this reading “We’ll be murdered outright,” said the kitchen-maid, her pertness gone.
hall
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From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “We’ll be murdered outright,” said the kitchen-maid, her pertness gone.
housekeeper
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From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
ipronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
I'd
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From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
ITpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
kitchen-maid
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From this reading “We’ll be murdered outright,” said the kitchen-maid, her pertness gone.
like
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From this reading They were agape with mingled fear and curiosity, and they were chattering like magpies.
magpies
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From this reading They were agape with mingled fear and curiosity, and they were chattering like magpies.
master
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From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
mingled
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From this reading They were agape with mingled fear and curiosity, and they were chattering like magpies.
modest
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From this reading There’s something not modest in dying out o’ bed, I always did say.”
murdered
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From this reading “We’ll be murdered outright,” said the kitchen-maid, her pertness gone.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
Nat
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From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There’s something not modest in dying out o’ bed, I always did say.”
o
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From this reading There’s something not modest in dying out o’ bed, I always did say.”
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
old
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From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
out
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From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
outright
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From this reading “We’ll be murdered outright,” said the kitchen-maid, her pertness gone.
pertness
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From this reading “We’ll be murdered outright,” said the kitchen-maid, her pertness gone.
prayed
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From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
said
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From this reading “We’ll be murdered outright,” said the kitchen-maid, her pertness gone.
say
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From this reading There’s something not modest in dying out o’ bed, I always did say.”
shepherd
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From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
snuglike
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From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There’s something not modest in dying out o’ bed, I always did say.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
There's
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From this reading There’s something not modest in dying out o’ bed, I always did say.”
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were agape with mingled fear and curiosity, and they were chattering like magpies.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
turned
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From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
We'll
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From this reading “We’ll be murdered outright,” said the kitchen-maid, her pertness gone.
wept
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From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were agape with mingled fear and curiosity, and they were chattering like magpies.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They were agape with mingled fear and curiosity, and they were chattering like magpies.
women-servants
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From this reading THE BRUNT OF IT THE master turned from the doorway to find the women-servants and old Nat, the shepherd, crowded at the far end of the hall.
years
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From this reading “Aye,” wept the housekeeper, “and me that has prayed, day in and day out for fifty years, that I’d die easy and snuglike i’ my bed.
