Chapter VI
"Oh, miss!" she murmured. "Them will be nice an' fillin.' It's fillin'ness that's best. Sponge cake's a 'evenly thing, but it melts away like--if you understand, miss. These'll just STAY in yer stummick."
A Little Princess
Chapter VI
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"Oh,
miss!"
she
murmured.
"Them
will
be
nice
an'
fillin.'
It's
fillin'ness
that's
best.
Sponge
cake's
a
'evenly
thing,
but
it
melts
away
like--if
you
understand,
miss.
These'll
just
STAY
in
yer
stummick."
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"Oh,
miss!"
she
murmured.
Line 2
"Them
will
be
nice
an'
fillin.'
Line 3
It's
fillin'ness
that's
best.
Line 4
Sponge
cake's
a
'evenly
thing,
but
it
melts
away
like--if
you
understand,
miss.
Line 5
These'll
just
STAY
in
yer
stummick."
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Thing
noun
US /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sponge cake's a 'evenly thing, but it melts away like--if you understand, miss.”
Understand
noun
US /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sponge cake's a 'evenly thing, but it melts away like--if you understand, miss.”
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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 Sponge cake's a 'evenly thing, but it melts away like--if you understand, miss.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "Them will be nice an' fillin.'
away
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From this reading Sponge cake's a 'evenly thing, but it melts away like--if you understand, miss.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Them will be nice an' fillin.'
best
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From this reading It's fillin'ness that's best.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Sponge cake's a 'evenly thing, but it melts away like--if you understand, miss.
cake's
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From this reading Sponge cake's a 'evenly thing, but it melts away like--if you understand, miss.
evenly
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From this reading Sponge cake's a 'evenly thing, but it melts away like--if you understand, miss.
fillin
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From this reading "Them will be nice an' fillin.'
fillin'ness
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From this reading It's fillin'ness that's best.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Sponge cake's a 'evenly thing, but it melts away like--if you understand, miss.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading These'll just STAY in yer stummick."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sponge cake's a 'evenly thing, but it melts away like--if you understand, miss.
It's
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From this reading It's fillin'ness that's best.
just
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From this reading These'll just STAY in yer stummick."
like
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From this reading Sponge cake's a 'evenly thing, but it melts away like--if you understand, miss.
melts
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From this reading Sponge cake's a 'evenly thing, but it melts away like--if you understand, miss.
miss
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From this reading "Oh, miss!" she murmured.
murmured
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From this reading "Oh, miss!" she murmured.
nice
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From this reading "Them will be nice an' fillin.'
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, miss!" she murmured.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, miss!" she murmured.
Sponge
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From this reading Sponge cake's a 'evenly thing, but it melts away like--if you understand, miss.
STAY
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From this reading These'll just STAY in yer stummick."
stummick
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From this reading These'll just STAY in yer stummick."
that's
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From this reading It's fillin'ness that's best.
ThempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Them will be nice an' fillin.'
These'll
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From this reading These'll just STAY in yer stummick."
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sponge cake's a 'evenly thing, but it melts away like--if you understand, miss.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sponge cake's a 'evenly thing, but it melts away like--if you understand, miss.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Them will be nice an' fillin.'
yer
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From this reading These'll just STAY in yer stummick."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Sponge cake's a 'evenly thing, but it melts away like--if you understand, miss.