Chapter XXIII
'Yes.' 'The time?' 'Mid-afternoon.' 'What is the great crowd for, and in such gorgeous costumes? What masses and masses of rich colour and barbaric magnificence!
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other Stories
Chapter XXIII
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'Yes.'
'The
time?'
'Mid-afternoon.'
'What
is
the
great
crowd
for,
and
in
such
gorgeous
costumes?
What
masses
and
masses
of
rich
colour
and
barbaric
magnificence!
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The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other Stories
Chapter XXIII
Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
'Yes.'
Line 2
'The
time?'
/ðə time/
Line 3
'Mid-afternoon.'
Line 4
'What
is
the
great
crowd
for,
and
in
such
gorgeous
costumes?
Line 5
What
masses
and
masses
of
rich
colour
and
barbaric
magnificence!
Learner Dictionary
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Great
noun
US /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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Time
noun
US /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'The time?'”
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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barbaric
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colour
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costumes
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crowd
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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gorgeous
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greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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magnificence
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masses
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Mid-afternoon
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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rich
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suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'The time?'
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'The time?'
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
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Yes
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From this reading 'Yes.'