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Chapter XXI
BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove. “And has thee truly no shoes of plain and sober stuffs? These be much too gaudy.” “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco. Did you think of me every day that I spent in Williamsburgh?”
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Did you think of me every day that I spent in Williamsburgh?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ““And has thee truly no shoes of plain and sober stuffs?”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.”
not affected by alcohol
From this reading ““And has thee truly no shoes of plain and sober stuffs?”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “These be much too gaudy.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Did you think of me every day that I spent in Williamsburgh?””
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.”
an old word for “yes”
From this reading “BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading These be much too gaudy.”
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From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Did you think of me every day that I spent in Williamsburgh?”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did you think of me every day that I spent in Williamsburgh?”
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From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Did you think of me every day that I spent in Williamsburgh?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These be much too gaudy.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “And has thee truly no shoes of plain and sober stuffs?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Did you think of me every day that I spent in Williamsburgh?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Did you think of me every day that I spent in Williamsburgh?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These be much too gaudy.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
not any; not one
From this reading “And has thee truly no shoes of plain and sober stuffs?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “And has thee truly no shoes of plain and sober stuffs?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And has thee truly no shoes of plain and sober stuffs?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And has thee truly no shoes of plain and sober stuffs?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
not affected by alcohol
From this reading “And has thee truly no shoes of plain and sober stuffs?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Did you think of me every day that I spent in Williamsburgh?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And has thee truly no shoes of plain and sober stuffs?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These be much too gaudy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Did you think of me every day that I spent in Williamsburgh?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These be much too gaudy.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And has thee truly no shoes of plain and sober stuffs?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Did you think of me every day that I spent in Williamsburgh?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
an old word for “yes”
From this reading BY THE RIVERSIDE “Yea, I am glad--I and my father and mother and Ephraim--that thee is returned to Fair View,” answered Truelove.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Did you think of me every day that I spent in Williamsburgh?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “There’s a pair of black callimanco,” said the storekeeper reluctantly; “but these of flowered silk would so become your feet, or this red-heeled pair with the buckles, or this of fine morocco.
