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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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alive
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From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
all
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From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
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ATALANTA
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From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
Ay
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From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
bore
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From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
bought
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From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
brooch
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From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
CAMDEN-TOWN
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From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
Empress
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From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
fashion
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From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
hair
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From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
heard
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From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
heart
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From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
necklace
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From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
nonsense
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From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
passion
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From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
Picture
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presence
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From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
reply
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From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
sash
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From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
She'd
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From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
spot
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From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
style
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From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
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summer
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From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
talk
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From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
tenderest
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From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
twas
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From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
up
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From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
Vote
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From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
Wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She’d the brooch I had bought And the necklace and sash on, And her heart, as I thought, Was alive to my passion; And she’d done up her hair in the style that the Empress had brought into fashion.
weight
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yore
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From this reading ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.”
yourspronounUS /jʊrz/
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
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