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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 "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
absent
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From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
Algiers
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From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
all
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
almost
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From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
America
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From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
American
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From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
away
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
bankers
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
barriers
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From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
continent
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From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
crossed
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
daughter
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From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
drove
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From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
duke
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From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
East
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From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
Egypt
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From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
eighteen
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From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
enable
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
epistles
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
Europe
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From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
father
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From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
fifty-nine
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From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
five
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From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
fully
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From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
heirnounUS /er/
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
home
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From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
issuednounUS /issued/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
Italy
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
less
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From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
letter
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
line
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From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
Lyons
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From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
Malta
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
Marseilles
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From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
meet
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
Milan
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From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
months
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From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
mother
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From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
off
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From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
old
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From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
once
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
only
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From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
own
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
Paris
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From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
pick
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
piece
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From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
precautionsplural nounUS /prɪˈkɔʃənz/
actions taken to prevent danger
From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
previous
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
princessnounUS /ˈprɪn.ses/
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
reached
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From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
resident
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From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
Ro
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From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
said
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From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
say
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From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
seen
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From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
straggling
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
Tempest
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From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
thrown
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
ThydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
together
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From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
traveller
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From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
travelling
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From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
Turkey
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
twenty
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From this reading My uncle was an old traveller--I might almost say, an old resident--in Europe; for he had passed no less than twenty years of his fifty-nine off the American continent.
uncle
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From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
up
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From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
viaprepositionUS /ˈvaɪə/
by way of; passing through
From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
way
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From this reading For eighteen months neither of us had seen a line from America, when we drove through the barriers, on our way from Egypt, via Algiers, Marseilles, and Lyons.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Not once, in all that time, had we crossed our own track, in a way to enable us to pick up a straggling letter; and all our previous precautions to have the epistles meet us at different bankers in Italy, Turkey, and Malta, were thrown away.
wertauxiliary verbUS /wɜːrt/
an old form of “were”, used with “thou”
From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
worse
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From this reading "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and She said--Thou wert my daughter; and thy father Was duke of Milan; and his only heir A princess;--no worse issued."
years
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From this reading _Tempest._ My uncle Ro and myself had been travelling together in the East, and had been absent from home fully five years, when we reached Paris.
