Chapter II
A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded. BYRON. "I WISH you would not say such things, Betty!" "What things?" "You know.
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A
Child
of
Moods
...Scarcely
formed
or
moulded—
A
rose
with
all
its
sweetest
leaves
yet
folded.
BYRON.
"I
WISH
you
would
not
say
such
things,
Betty!"
"What
things?"
"You
know.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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A
Child
of
Moods
...Scarcely
formed
or
moulded—
A
rose
with
all
its
sweetest
leaves
yet
folded.
Line 2
BYRON.
Line 3
"I
WISH
you
would
not
say
such
things,
Betty!"
Line 4
"What
things?"
Line 5
"You
know.
/juː know/
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Know
noun
US /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You know.”
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"I WISH you would not say such things, Betty!"”
Yet
conjunction
US /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.”
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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 A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
all
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From this reading A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
Betty
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From this reading "I WISH you would not say such things, Betty!"
BYRON
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From this reading BYRON.
Child
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From this reading A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
folded
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From this reading A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
formed
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From this reading A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I WISH you would not say such things, Betty!"
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You know.
leaves
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From this reading A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
Moods
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From this reading A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
moulded
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From this reading A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I WISH you would not say such things, Betty!"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
rose
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From this reading A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
say
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From this reading "I WISH you would not say such things, Betty!"
Scarcely
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From this reading A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "I WISH you would not say such things, Betty!"
sweetest
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From this reading A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
things
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From this reading "I WISH you would not say such things, Betty!"
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What things?"
WISH
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From this reading "I WISH you would not say such things, Betty!"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I WISH you would not say such things, Betty!"
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading A Child of Moods ...Scarcely formed or moulded— A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I WISH you would not say such things, Betty!"