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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 Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
all
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altar
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From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art a temple, And in this temple is an altar, And on this temple is my heart-- Woe is me.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art a temple, And in this temple is an altar, And on this temple is my heart-- Woe is me.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art the beard On another man's face-- Woe is me.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art the beard On another man's face-- Woe is me.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art the beard On another man's face-- Woe is me.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
beard
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From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art the beard On another man's face-- Woe is me.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
bright
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From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
button
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From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
buttons
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From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
face
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From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art the beard On another man's face-- Woe is me.
following
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From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
hanging
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From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
heart
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From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
hearts
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From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
humble
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From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
hung
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From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art a temple, And in this temple is an altar, And on this temple is my heart-- Woe is me.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
kind
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From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
like
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From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
love
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From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art the beard On another man's face-- Woe is me.
man's
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From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art the beard On another man's face-- Woe is me.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art the beard On another man's face-- Woe is me.
Mother
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From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art the beard On another man's face-- Woe is me.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
objections
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From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
perpetrate
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From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
poet
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From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
quarrelnounUS /ˈkwɔːrəl/
an angry argument or disagreement
From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
shroud
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From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
son
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From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
splendid
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From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
stop
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From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
temple
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From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art a temple, And in this temple is an altar, And on this temple is my heart-- Woe is me.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art a temple, And in this temple is an altar, And on this temple is my heart-- Woe is me.
ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art the beard On another man's face-- Woe is me.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
trifles
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From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
War
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From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
weep
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From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Of course, one may have objections to hearts hanging like humble buttons, or to buttons being humble at all, but one should not stop to quarrel about such trifles with a poet who can perpetrate the following:
Woe
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From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art the beard On another man's face-- Woe is me.
wretch
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From this reading Thou art my love, And thou art a wretch.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright, splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep, War is kind.
