Chapter XIX
TIMÉA. "How the beautiful dress lies in the dust!" Instead of the wedding feast there followed the funeral banquet, and in the place of the embroidered robe came the mourning garments. Black! The color which makes rich and poor alike.
Timar's Two Worlds
Chapter XIX
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TIMÉA.
"How
the
beautiful
dress
lies
in
the
dust!"
Instead
of
the
wedding
feast
there
followed
the
funeral
banquet,
and
in
the
place
of
the
embroidered
robe
came
the
mourning
garments.
Black!
The
color
which
makes
rich
and
poor
alike.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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TIMÉA.
Line 2
"How
the
beautiful
dress
lies
in
the
dust!"
Line 3
Instead
of
the
wedding
feast
there
followed
the
funeral
banquet,
and
in
the
place
of
the
embroidered
robe
came
the
mourning
garments.
Line 4
Black!
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The
color
which
makes
rich
and
poor
alike.
Learner Dictionary
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Poor
noun
US /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The color which makes rich and poor alike.”
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alike
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From this reading The color which makes rich and poor alike.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Instead of the wedding feast there followed the funeral banquet, and in the place of the embroidered robe came the mourning garments.
banquet
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From this reading Instead of the wedding feast there followed the funeral banquet, and in the place of the embroidered robe came the mourning garments.
beautiful
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Black
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came
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color
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From this reading The color which makes rich and poor alike.
dress
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dust
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embroidered
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From this reading Instead of the wedding feast there followed the funeral banquet, and in the place of the embroidered robe came the mourning garments.
feast
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From this reading Instead of the wedding feast there followed the funeral banquet, and in the place of the embroidered robe came the mourning garments.
followed
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From this reading Instead of the wedding feast there followed the funeral banquet, and in the place of the embroidered robe came the mourning garments.
funeral
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From this reading Instead of the wedding feast there followed the funeral banquet, and in the place of the embroidered robe came the mourning garments.
garments
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From this reading Instead of the wedding feast there followed the funeral banquet, and in the place of the embroidered robe came the mourning garments.
How
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From this reading "How the beautiful dress lies in the dust!"
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "How the beautiful dress lies in the dust!"
Instead
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From this reading Instead of the wedding feast there followed the funeral banquet, and in the place of the embroidered robe came the mourning garments.
lies
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From this reading "How the beautiful dress lies in the dust!"
makes
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From this reading The color which makes rich and poor alike.
mourning
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From this reading Instead of the wedding feast there followed the funeral banquet, and in the place of the embroidered robe came the mourning garments.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Instead of the wedding feast there followed the funeral banquet, and in the place of the embroidered robe came the mourning garments.
place
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From this reading Instead of the wedding feast there followed the funeral banquet, and in the place of the embroidered robe came the mourning garments.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The color which makes rich and poor alike.
rich
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From this reading The color which makes rich and poor alike.
robe
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From this reading Instead of the wedding feast there followed the funeral banquet, and in the place of the embroidered robe came the mourning garments.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "How the beautiful dress lies in the dust!"
there
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From this reading Instead of the wedding feast there followed the funeral banquet, and in the place of the embroidered robe came the mourning garments.
TIMÉA
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From this reading TIMÉA.
wedding
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From this reading Instead of the wedding feast there followed the funeral banquet, and in the place of the embroidered robe came the mourning garments.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The color which makes rich and poor alike.