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Oak Openings

Chapter XXIII

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Why is that graceful female here With yon red hunter of the deer?
Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.
--Pinkney.
The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.
Gershom and Dorothy received the tidings of their sister's marriage with very little emotion.
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Oak Openings

Chapter XXIII

Reading 1/77 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Why is that graceful female here With yon red hunter of the deer?
Line 2
Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.
Line 3
--Pinkney.
Line 4
The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.
Line 5
Gershom and Dorothy received the tidings of their sister's marriage with very little emotion.

Learner Dictionary

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

Council noun US /council/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Why is that graceful female here With yon red hunter of the deer?”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Gershom and Dorothy received the tidings of their sister's marriage with very little emotion.”

Nothing pronoun US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.”

Until preposition US /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.”

All words in this reading · 54

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

any

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From this reading The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.

Castle

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From this reading The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.

civil

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From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

councilnounUS /council/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.

day

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From this reading The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.

deer

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From this reading Why is that graceful female here With yon red hunter of the deer?

design'd

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From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

Dorothy

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From this reading Gershom and Dorothy received the tidings of their sister's marriage with very little emotion.

emotion

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From this reading Gershom and Dorothy received the tidings of their sister's marriage with very little emotion.

family

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From this reading The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.

female

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From this reading Why is that graceful female here With yon red hunter of the deer?

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

gentle

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From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

Gershom

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From this reading Gershom and Dorothy received the tidings of their sister's marriage with very little emotion.

graceful

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From this reading Why is that graceful female here With yon red hunter of the deer?

halls

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From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Why is that graceful female here With yon red hunter of the deer?

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

hunter

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From this reading Why is that graceful female here With yon red hunter of the deer?

Indian

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From this reading The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Why is that graceful female here With yon red hunter of the deer?

kind

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From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Gershom and Dorothy received the tidings of their sister's marriage with very little emotion.

marriage

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From this reading Gershom and Dorothy received the tidings of their sister's marriage with very little emotion.

Meal

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From this reading The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.

mien

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From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Why is that graceful female here With yon red hunter of the deer?

Pinkney

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From this reading --Pinkney.

received

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From this reading Gershom and Dorothy received the tidings of their sister's marriage with very little emotion.

red

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From this reading Why is that graceful female here With yon red hunter of the deer?

savage

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From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

saw

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From this reading The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.

seems

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From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

shape

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From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

sister's

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From this reading Gershom and Dorothy received the tidings of their sister's marriage with very little emotion.

stately

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From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

succeeded

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From this reading The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Why is that graceful female here With yon red hunter of the deer?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Why is that graceful female here With yon red hunter of the deer?

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Gershom and Dorothy received the tidings of their sister's marriage with very little emotion.

tidings

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From this reading Gershom and Dorothy received the tidings of their sister's marriage with very little emotion.

untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading The family at Castle Meal saw nothing of any Indian until the day that succeeded the council.

very

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From this reading Gershom and Dorothy received the tidings of their sister's marriage with very little emotion.

walks

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From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

Why

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From this reading Why is that graceful female here With yon red hunter of the deer?

WithprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Why is that graceful female here With yon red hunter of the deer?

YetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading Of gentle mien and shape, she seems For civil halls design'd; Yet with the stately savage walks, As she were of his kind.

yon

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From this reading Why is that graceful female here With yon red hunter of the deer?