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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 When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
abask
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From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
all
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From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
arms
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From this reading Editha had hardly come to her home and dried, in a day or two, her weeping eyes, when all the noble vagrants from yonder battle were up in arms to woo her.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
back
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battle
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beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But first to tell you how I won the right to lord it over these merry Saxon churls and dissolute thanes.
care
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churls
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come
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confusion
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day
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dissolute
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From this reading But first to tell you how I won the right to lord it over these merry Saxon churls and dissolute thanes.
dried
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drinking
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Editha
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existence
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experience
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eyes
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feasted
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first
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From this reading But first to tell you how I won the right to lord it over these merry Saxon churls and dissolute thanes.
flagons
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franklin's
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From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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green
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From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Editha had hardly come to her home and dried, in a day or two, her weeping eyes, when all the noble vagrants from yonder battle were up in arms to woo her.
hardly
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From this reading Editha had hardly come to her home and dried, in a day or two, her weeping eyes, when all the noble vagrants from yonder battle were up in arms to woo her.
hawked
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From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Editha had hardly come to her home and dried, in a day or two, her weeping eyes, when all the noble vagrants from yonder battle were up in arms to woo her.
home
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From this reading Editha had hardly come to her home and dried, in a day or two, her weeping eyes, when all the noble vagrants from yonder battle were up in arms to woo her.
homestead
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how
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From this reading But first to tell you how I won the right to lord it over these merry Saxon churls and dissolute thanes.
hunted
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From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
idle
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From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
jolly
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lay
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From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
life
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From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
look
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lord
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From this reading But first to tell you how I won the right to lord it over these merry Saxon churls and dissolute thanes.
luxurious
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From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
maid
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From this reading Never was maid so sued!
merry
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From this reading But first to tell you how I won the right to lord it over these merry Saxon churls and dissolute thanes.
months
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From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
never
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nightly
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noble
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From this reading Editha had hardly come to her home and dried, in a day or two, her weeping eyes, when all the noble vagrants from yonder battle were up in arms to woo her.
Normans
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From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Editha had hardly come to her home and dried, in a day or two, her weeping eyes, when all the noble vagrants from yonder battle were up in arms to woo her.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading But first to tell you how I won the right to lord it over these merry Saxon churls and dissolute thanes.
passion-tossed
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peaceful
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perhaps
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From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
period
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From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
remote
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From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
remoter
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From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
right
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From this reading But first to tell you how I won the right to lord it over these merry Saxon churls and dissolute thanes.
Saxon
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scorn
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seemed
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seems
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From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
shades
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From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
spent
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sued
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From this reading Never was maid so sued!
sunshine
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sweet
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tell
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From this reading But first to tell you how I won the right to lord it over these merry Saxon churls and dissolute thanes.
thanes
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From this reading But first to tell you how I won the right to lord it over these merry Saxon churls and dissolute thanes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
there
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thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
time
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
two
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From this reading Editha had hardly come to her home and dried, in a day or two, her weeping eyes, when all the noble vagrants from yonder battle were up in arms to woo her.
up
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From this reading Editha had hardly come to her home and dried, in a day or two, her weeping eyes, when all the noble vagrants from yonder battle were up in arms to woo her.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
vagrants
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From this reading Editha had hardly come to her home and dried, in a day or two, her weeping eyes, when all the noble vagrants from yonder battle were up in arms to woo her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We hunted and we hawked, we feasted and we lay abask in the sunshine of a jolly, idle life all these luxurious months, drinking scorn and confusion amid our nightly flagons to remote care and (as it seemed) remoter Normans.
weeping
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From this reading Editha had hardly come to her home and dried, in a day or two, her weeping eyes, when all the noble vagrants from yonder battle were up in arms to woo her.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Editha had hardly come to her home and dried, in a day or two, her weeping eyes, when all the noble vagrants from yonder battle were up in arms to woo her.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When I come to look back upon that Saxon period, spent in the green shades of my sweet franklin’s homestead, it seems, perhaps, that never was there a time so peaceful before in the experience of this passion-tossed existence!
won
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From this reading But first to tell you how I won the right to lord it over these merry Saxon churls and dissolute thanes.
woo
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From this reading Editha had hardly come to her home and dried, in a day or two, her weeping eyes, when all the noble vagrants from yonder battle were up in arms to woo her.
yonder
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From this reading Editha had hardly come to her home and dried, in a day or two, her weeping eyes, when all the noble vagrants from yonder battle were up in arms to woo her.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But first to tell you how I won the right to lord it over these merry Saxon churls and dissolute thanes.
