Chapter XXII
“Mon Dieu! Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together. “So pure, so peaceful, and so beautiful!” “In sooth, yes. And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
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Chapter XXII
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“Mon
Dieu!
Alleyne,
saw
you
ever
so
lovely
a
face?”
cried
Ford
as
they
hurried
along
together.
“So
pure,
so
peaceful,
and
so
beautiful!”
“In
sooth,
yes.
And
the
hue
of
the
skin
the
most
perfect
that
ever
I
saw.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Line 1
“Mon
Dieu!
Line 2
Alleyne,
saw
you
ever
so
lovely
a
face?”
cried
Ford
as
they
hurried
along
together.
Line 3
“So
pure,
so
peaceful,
and
so
beautiful!”
Line 4
“In
sooth,
yes.
Line 5
And
the
hue
of
the
skin
the
most
perfect
that
ever
I
saw.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Along
preposition
US /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.”
Cried
noun
US /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.”
Ever
noun
US /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.”
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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 Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
Alleyne
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From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “So pure, so peaceful, and so beautiful!”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
beautiful
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From this reading “So pure, so peaceful, and so beautiful!”
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
Dieu
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From this reading “Mon Dieu!
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
face
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From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
Ford
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From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
hue
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From this reading And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
hurried
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From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “In sooth, yes.
lovely
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From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
Mon
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From this reading “Mon Dieu!
most
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From this reading And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
peaceful
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From this reading “So pure, so peaceful, and so beautiful!”
perfect
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From this reading And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
pure
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From this reading “So pure, so peaceful, and so beautiful!”
saw
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From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
skin
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From this reading And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
sooth
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From this reading “In sooth, yes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And the hue of the skin the most perfect that ever I saw.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
together
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From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.
yes
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From this reading “In sooth, yes.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Alleyne, saw you ever so lovely a face?” cried Ford as they hurried along together.