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"Unto Caesar"
"Unto Caesar"

Chapter XXVIII

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"Nothing is secret, which shall not be made manifest."--ST.
LUKE VIII.
17.
Caligula himself led the way to the triclinium and Dea Flavia followed him.
He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.
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"Unto Caesar"

Chapter XXVIII

Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Nothing is secret, which shall not be made manifest."--ST.
Line 2
LUKE VIII.
Line 3
17.
Line 4
Caligula himself led the way to the triclinium and Dea Flavia followed him.
Line 5
He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Hands plural noun US /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading “He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.”

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “Caligula himself led the way to the triclinium and Dea Flavia followed him.”

Nothing pronoun US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “"Nothing is secret, which shall not be made manifest."--ST.”

Secret noun US /ˈsiː.krət/

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

From this reading “"Nothing is secret, which shall not be made manifest."--ST.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “"Nothing is secret, which shall not be made manifest."--ST.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.”

All words in this reading · 38

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17

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From this reading 17.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Caligula himself led the way to the triclinium and Dea Flavia followed him.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading "Nothing is secret, which shall not be made manifest."--ST.

Caligula

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From this reading Caligula himself led the way to the triclinium and Dea Flavia followed him.

couch

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From this reading He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.

Dea

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From this reading Caligula himself led the way to the triclinium and Dea Flavia followed him.

Flavia

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From this reading Caligula himself led the way to the triclinium and Dea Flavia followed him.

followed

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From this reading Caligula himself led the way to the triclinium and Dea Flavia followed him.

fruit

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From this reading He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.

handsplural nounUS /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Caligula himself led the way to the triclinium and Dea Flavia followed him.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Caligula himself led the way to the triclinium and Dea Flavia followed him.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "Nothing is secret, which shall not be made manifest."--ST.

led

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From this reading Caligula himself led the way to the triclinium and Dea Flavia followed him.

LUKE

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From this reading LUKE VIII.

made

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From this reading "Nothing is secret, which shall not be made manifest."--ST.

manifest

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From this reading "Nothing is secret, which shall not be made manifest."--ST.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading "Nothing is secret, which shall not be made manifest."--ST.

NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading "Nothing is secret, which shall not be made manifest."--ST.

own

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From this reading He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.

secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

From this reading "Nothing is secret, which shall not be made manifest."--ST.

served

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From this reading He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading "Nothing is secret, which shall not be made manifest."--ST.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.

ST

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From this reading "Nothing is secret, which shall not be made manifest."--ST.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Caligula himself led the way to the triclinium and Dea Flavia followed him.

threw

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From this reading He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Caligula himself led the way to the triclinium and Dea Flavia followed him.

triclinium

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From this reading Caligula himself led the way to the triclinium and Dea Flavia followed him.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.

VIII

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From this reading LUKE VIII.

way

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From this reading Caligula himself led the way to the triclinium and Dea Flavia followed him.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading "Nothing is secret, which shall not be made manifest."--ST.

wine

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From this reading He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading He threw himself upon a couch and she, with her own hands, served him with wine and fruit.