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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 need a vermeil-tinctured lip for that?
addressed
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
assuring
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
August
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
beams
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
Brine
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
cabbage
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
cheeks
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From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
coarse
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From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
complexions
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From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
counsel
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
cricket-ground
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
Day
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
days
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
dragging
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
erected
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
eyes
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From this reading Love-darting eyes, and tresses like the morn?”
faith
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
features
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From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
garden
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
God
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
grain
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From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
hats
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
heliotropes
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
home
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From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
homely
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From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
hottest
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
house-wife's
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From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
keep
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From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
leave
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From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
leaves
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
like
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From this reading Love-darting eyes, and tresses like the morn?”
lip
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From this reading What need a vermeil-tinctured lip for that?
Love-darting
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From this reading Love-darting eyes, and tresses like the morn?”
marquee
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
Miss
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
morn
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From this reading Love-darting eyes, and tresses like the morn?”
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What need a vermeil-tinctured lip for that?
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
out
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
petunias
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
plainlynounUS /ˈplainly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
played
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
ply
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From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
previous
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
proof
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
prudent
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
pupils
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
put
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
rainy
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
Rectory
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
sampler
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From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
scurvy
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
some
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
sorry
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From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
speak
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
spices
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From this reading In proof of his good faith, the God of Day is dragging their hottest spices out of the petunias and heliotropes, and out of Miss Brine the prudent counsel, addressed to her pupils, to put cabbage leaves in their hats.
spirit
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
sun
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
tease
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From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What need a vermeil-tinctured lip for that?
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
thenceadverbUS /ðens/
from that place or that time
From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
trepidation
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
tresses
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From this reading Love-darting eyes, and tresses like the morn?”
trick
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
two
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From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
vermeil-tinctured
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From this reading What need a vermeil-tinctured lip for that?
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What need a vermeil-tinctured lip for that?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The August sun is assuring the Rectory garden, as plainly as his beams can speak, that no scurvy trick shall be played with the marquee erected this morning with some trepidation of spirit--since the two previous days have been rainy--on the cricket-ground.
wool
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From this reading “It is for homely features to keep home, They have their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain have leave to ply The sampler, and to tease the house-wife’s wool.
