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April's Lady: A Novel
April's Lady: A Novel

Chapter XVI

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"All is not golde that outward shewith bright."
"I love everything that's old--old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."
"An' is it you, Miss Joyce?
Glory be!
What a day to be out!
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April's Lady: A Novel

Chapter XVI

Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"All is not golde that outward shewith bright."
Line 2
"I love everything that's old--old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."
Line 3
"An' is it you, Miss Joyce?
Line 4
Glory be!
Line 5
What a day to be out!

Learner Dictionary

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

Books noun US /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading “"I love everything that's old--old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."”

Everything pronoun US /ˈevriθɪŋ/

all things; all of a situation

From this reading “"I love everything that's old--old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."”

All words in this reading · 30

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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 What a day to be out!

All

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From this reading "All is not golde that outward shewith bright."

AndeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading "An' is it you, Miss Joyce?

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading Glory be!

booksnounUS /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading "I love everything that's old--old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."

bright

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From this reading "All is not golde that outward shewith bright."

day

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From this reading What a day to be out!

everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/

all things; all of a situation

From this reading "I love everything that's old--old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."

friends

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From this reading "I love everything that's old--old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."

Glory

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From this reading Glory be!

golde

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From this reading "All is not golde that outward shewith bright."

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "I love everything that's old--old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading "All is not golde that outward shewith bright."

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "An' is it you, Miss Joyce?

Joyce

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From this reading "An' is it you, Miss Joyce?

love

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From this reading "I love everything that's old--old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."

manners

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From this reading "I love everything that's old--old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."

Miss

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From this reading "An' is it you, Miss Joyce?

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading "All is not golde that outward shewith bright."

old

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From this reading "I love everything that's old--old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."

out

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From this reading What a day to be out!

outward

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From this reading "All is not golde that outward shewith bright."

shewith

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From this reading "All is not golde that outward shewith bright."

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "All is not golde that outward shewith bright."

that's

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From this reading "I love everything that's old--old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."

times

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From this reading "I love everything that's old--old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading What a day to be out!

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading What a day to be out!

wine

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From this reading "I love everything that's old--old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "An' is it you, Miss Joyce?