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Witch Stories

Chapter I

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See http://www.
"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.
18.
London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.
1861.
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Witch Stories

Chapter I

Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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See http://www.
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"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.
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18.
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London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.
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1861.

Learner Dictionary

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

Shalt modal verb US /ʃælt/

an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”

From this reading “"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading “"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.”

All words in this reading · 21

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18

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From this reading 18.

1861

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From this reading 1861.

193

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From this reading London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.

adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.

Chapman

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From this reading London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.

EXODUS

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From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.

Hall

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From this reading London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.

http

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From this reading See http://www.

live

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From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.

London

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From this reading London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.

Piccadilly

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From this reading London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.

See

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From this reading See http://www.

shaltmodal verbUS /ʃælt/

an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”

From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.

suffer

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From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.

ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.

witch

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From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.

www

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From this reading See http://www.

XXII

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From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.