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Chapter XIII

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(12) Flora's Feast.
A Masque of Flowers.
Penned and Pictured by Walter Crane.
(Cassell and Co.)
(13) Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

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Chapter XIII

Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
(12) Flora's Feast.
Line 2
A Masque of Flowers.
Line 3
Penned and Pictured by Walter Crane.
Line 4
(Cassell and Co.)
Line 5
(13) Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen.

Learner Dictionary

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

Maiden noun, literary US /ˈmeɪdən/

a young woman who is not married

From this reading “(13) Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen.”

All words in this reading · 22

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12

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From this reading (12) Flora's Feast.

13

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From this reading (13) Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading A Masque of Flowers.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Penned and Pictured by Walter Crane.

Bashful

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From this reading (13) Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Penned and Pictured by Walter Crane.

Cassell

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From this reading (Cassell and Co.)

Co

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From this reading (Cassell and Co.)

Crane

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From this reading Penned and Pictured by Walter Crane.

Feast

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From this reading (12) Flora's Feast.

Fifteen

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From this reading (13) Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen.

Flora's

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From this reading (12) Flora's Feast.

Flowers

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From this reading A Masque of Flowers.

Here's

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From this reading (13) Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen.

Maidennoun, literaryUS /ˈmeɪdən/

a young woman who is not married

From this reading (13) Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen.

Masque

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From this reading A Masque of Flowers.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A Masque of Flowers.

Penned

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From this reading Penned and Pictured by Walter Crane.

Pictured

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From this reading Penned and Pictured by Walter Crane.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading (13) Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading (13) Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen.

Walter

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From this reading Penned and Pictured by Walter Crane.