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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 "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
Amends
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When she appeared, he gave her back the key to the gate, and borrowed two angels from her.
angels
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From this reading When she appeared, he gave her back the key to the gate, and borrowed two angels from her.
appeared
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From this reading When she appeared, he gave her back the key to the gate, and borrowed two angels from her.
Armed
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From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
ARTauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading THE ART OF ROARING.
attached
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
back
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From this reading When she appeared, he gave her back the key to the gate, and borrowed two angels from her.
bade
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From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
bed
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
booths
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
borrowed
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From this reading When she appeared, he gave her back the key to the gate, and borrowed two angels from her.
Broadway
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
business
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
Cheapside
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From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
coal-house
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
cost
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
crying
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
customary
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
d'ye
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
Damn
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
double
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
dwelling
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
eastward
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From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
Elizabethan
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
excursion
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
fall
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
fared
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From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
February
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
finding
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From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
Foster
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
friend
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From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
Frith
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
gate
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From this reading When she appeared, he gave her back the key to the gate, and borrowed two angels from her.
gave
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From this reading When she appeared, he gave her back the key to the gate, and borrowed two angels from her.
going
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
hastened
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From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
haunted
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
how
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From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
key
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From this reading When she appeared, he gave her back the key to the gate, and borrowed two angels from her.
lack
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
Ladies
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
Lane
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
law
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From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
London
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
merchants
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
Moll
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
new
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From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
night
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ART OF ROARING.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
or't
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
out
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From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
people
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
prentices
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
purpose
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From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
Ravenshaw
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
repent
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From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
return
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
roarer
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
ROARING
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From this reading THE ART OF ROARING.
rose
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
scholarnounUS /ˈskɒl.ər/
A specialist in a particular branch of study; a distinguished student.
From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
sense
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When she appeared, he gave her back the key to the gate, and borrowed two angels from her.
shopmen
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
shops
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
sins
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From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ART OF ROARING.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
thronged
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
turning
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From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
two
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From this reading When she appeared, he gave her back the key to the gate, and borrowed two angels from her.
waited
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
wares
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From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Cheapside, which was in a double sense the Broadway of Elizabethan London, was already thronged with people going about their business, the shops and booths of the merchants being open, and the shopmen and 'prentices crying out their wares with the customary "What d'ye lack?"
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Armed with these, he bade her repent of her sins, and hastened to Cheapside, turning eastward with the purpose of finding out how and where his new friend, the scholar, fared in the hands of the law.
yard
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From this reading "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."--_Amends for Ladies._ On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunted dwelling in Foster Lane, Captain Ravenshaw waited about the yard for Moll Frith to return from her excursion of the night.
