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Eugene Aram — Volume 04
Eugene Aram — Volume 04

Chapter VIII

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AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.
Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.
--Two Gentlemen of Verona.
If there be any thing thoroughly lovely in the human heart, it is Affection!
All that makes hope elevated, or fear generous, belongs to the capacity of loving.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Eugene Aram — Volume 04

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/12 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.
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Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.
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--Two Gentlemen of Verona.
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If there be any thing thoroughly lovely in the human heart, it is Affection!
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All that makes hope elevated, or fear generous, belongs to the capacity of loving.

Learner Dictionary

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

Against preposition US /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading “Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.”

BETWEEN preposition US /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading “AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.”

Gentlemen noun US /gentlemen/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “--Two Gentlemen of Verona.”

Hence adverb US /hens/

for this reason

From this reading “Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.”

Thing noun US /thing/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “If there be any thing thoroughly lovely in the human heart, it is Affection!”

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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 Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.

AFFECTION

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From this reading AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.

againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.

All

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From this reading All that makes hope elevated, or fear generous, belongs to the capacity of loving.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.

any

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From this reading If there be any thing thoroughly lovely in the human heart, it is Affection!

ARAM

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From this reading AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading If there be any thing thoroughly lovely in the human heart, it is Affection!

belongs

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From this reading All that makes hope elevated, or fear generous, belongs to the capacity of loving.

BETWEENprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.

capacity

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From this reading All that makes hope elevated, or fear generous, belongs to the capacity of loving.

CONVERSATION

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From this reading AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.

despairing

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From this reading Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.

elevated

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From this reading All that makes hope elevated, or fear generous, belongs to the capacity of loving.

FATALIST

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From this reading AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.

FATE

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From this reading AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.

fear

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From this reading All that makes hope elevated, or fear generous, belongs to the capacity of loving.

FORGETS

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From this reading AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.

generous

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From this reading All that makes hope elevated, or fear generous, belongs to the capacity of loving.

GentlemennounUS /gentlemen/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading --Two Gentlemen of Verona.

GODLIKE

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From this reading AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.

heart

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From this reading If there be any thing thoroughly lovely in the human heart, it is Affection!

henceadverbUS /hens/

for this reason

From this reading Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.

Hope

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From this reading Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.

human

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From this reading If there be any thing thoroughly lovely in the human heart, it is Affection!

IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If there be any thing thoroughly lovely in the human heart, it is Affection!

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading If there be any thing thoroughly lovely in the human heart, it is Affection!

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.

ITSdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.

lovely

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From this reading If there be any thing thoroughly lovely in the human heart, it is Affection!

lover's

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From this reading Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.

loving

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From this reading All that makes hope elevated, or fear generous, belongs to the capacity of loving.

MADELINE

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From this reading AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.

makes

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From this reading All that makes hope elevated, or fear generous, belongs to the capacity of loving.

manage

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From this reading Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.

NATURE

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From this reading AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading --Two Gentlemen of Verona.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading All that makes hope elevated, or fear generous, belongs to the capacity of loving.

staff

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From this reading Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.

there

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From this reading If there be any thing thoroughly lovely in the human heart, it is Affection!

thingnounUS /thing/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading If there be any thing thoroughly lovely in the human heart, it is Affection!

thoroughly

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From this reading If there be any thing thoroughly lovely in the human heart, it is Affection!

thoughts

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From this reading Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading All that makes hope elevated, or fear generous, belongs to the capacity of loving.

Two

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From this reading --Two Gentlemen of Verona.

Verona

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From this reading --Two Gentlemen of Verona.

walk

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From this reading Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, And manage it against despairing thoughts.