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The Birthright

Chapter XIII

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Context Illustration Reading 1/57 · 5 lines
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BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.
JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.
I hop' we've brok' the spell, my deear.
Ted'n vitty, I tell 'ee.
A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Birthright

Chapter XIII

Reading 1/57 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.
Line 2
JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.
Line 3
I hop' we've brok' the spell, my deear.
Line 4
Ted'n vitty, I tell 'ee.
Line 5
A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.

Learner Dictionary

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

JOHN noun US /john/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.”

Tell noun US /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Ted'n vitty, I tell 'ee.”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.”

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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 pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.

AFTERWARD

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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.

BETSEY

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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.

brok

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From this reading I hop' we've brok' the spell, my deear.

CAP'N

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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.

deear

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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.

ee

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From this reading Ted'n vitty, I tell 'ee.

FALMOUTH

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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.

flesh

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From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.

FRADDAM

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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.

gaame

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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.

GO

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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.

grieve

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From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.

heard

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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.

hop

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From this reading I hop' we've brok' the spell, my deear.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.

JACK

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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.

JOHN

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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.

like

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From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.

man

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From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.

MEET

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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.

MR

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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.

NAOMI

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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.

nat'rally

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From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.

ould

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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.

pious

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From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.

say

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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.

SEE

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From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.

sins

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From this reading A pious man like me do nat'rally grieve over the sins of the flesh.

spell

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From this reading I hop' we've brok' the spell, my deear.

stillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.

Ted'n

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From this reading Ted'n vitty, I tell 'ee.

tellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Ted'n vitty, I tell 'ee.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading I hop' we've brok' the spell, my deear.

TOparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading BETSEY FRADDAM AND CAP'N JACK MEET--I GO TO FALMOUTH AND MEET NAOMI--AFTERWARD I SEE MR.

vitty

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From this reading Ted'n vitty, I tell 'ee.

we've

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From this reading I hop' we've brok' the spell, my deear.

Well

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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.

WESLEY

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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.

yer

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From this reading JOHN WESLEY "Well, Betsey, my deear," I heard Cap'n Jack say, "still on yer ould gaame.