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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 But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
any
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From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
avium
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From this reading Is it quite true that, "non avium citharaeque cantus somnum reducent"?
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
blackthorn
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From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
cantus
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Care
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From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
castle
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From this reading In our happy country every man's house is his castle.
cedar
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From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
ceilings
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From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
citharaeque
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coloured
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From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
country
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From this reading In our happy country every man's house is his castle.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
enters
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From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading In our happy country every man's house is his castle.
few
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From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
fortify
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From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
fretted
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From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
gold
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From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
happy
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From this reading In our happy country every man's house is his castle.
harbour
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From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In our happy country every man's house is his castle.
homes
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From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
Horace's
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From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
house
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From this reading In our happy country every man's house is his castle.
house-fly
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From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In our happy country every man's house is his castle.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In our happy country every man's house is his castle.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
ivory
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From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
man's
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From this reading In our happy country every man's house is his castle.
matter
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From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
more
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From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
music
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From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
non
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From this reading Is it quite true that, "non avium citharaeque cantus somnum reducent"?
nooks
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From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
only
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From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In our happy country every man's house is his castle.
porticos
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From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Is it quite true that, "non avium citharaeque cantus somnum reducent"?
reducent
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From this reading Is it quite true that, "non avium citharaeque cantus somnum reducent"?
Roman's
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From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
singing-bird
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From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
somnum
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From this reading Is it quite true that, "non avium citharaeque cantus somnum reducent"?
starts
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From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
stoutly
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From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
surely
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From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
suspected
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From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Is it quite true that, "non avium citharaeque cantus somnum reducent"?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
there
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From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
tree
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From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
true
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From this reading Is it quite true that, "non avium citharaeque cantus somnum reducent"?
villa
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From this reading But however stoutly he fortify it, Care enters, as surely as she did in Horace's time, through the porticos of a Roman's villa.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But every tree, be it cedar or blackthorn, can harbour its singing-bird; and few are the homes in which, from nooks least suspected, there starts not a music.
whitewash
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From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nor, whether ceilings be fretted with gold and ivory, or whether only coloured with whitewash, does it matter to Care any more than it does to a house-fly.
