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Hania

Chapter XI

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O God, Holy, Almighty, Immortal, be Thou praised in Thy works!
Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.
Thou hast hung the fires of heaven in the firmament.
Thou, in commanding the sun to rise from the sea, makest day on the mountains and in the valleys.
In Thy praise is the murmur of pine woods and the lowing of flocks in the field.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Hania

Chapter XI

Reading 1/11 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
O God, Holy, Almighty, Immortal, be Thou praised in Thy works!
Line 2
Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.
Line 3
Thou hast hung the fires of heaven in the firmament.
Line 4
Thou, in commanding the sun to rise from the sea, makest day on the mountains and in the valleys.
Line 5
In Thy praise is the murmur of pine woods and the lowing of flocks in the field.

Learner Dictionary

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

Hast auxiliary verb US /hæst/

an old form of “have”, used with “thou”

From this reading “Thou hast hung the fires of heaven in the firmament.”

Immortal adj US /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/

Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)

From this reading “O God, Holy, Almighty, Immortal, be Thou praised in Thy works!”

Thee pronoun US /ðiː/

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading “Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading “O God, Holy, Almighty, Immortal, be Thou praised in Thy works!”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading “O God, Holy, Almighty, Immortal, be Thou praised in Thy works!”

Whenever conjunction US /weˈnevər/

at any time that; every time that

From this reading “Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.”

All words in this reading · 50

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Almighty

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From this reading O God, Holy, Almighty, Immortal, be Thou praised in Thy works!

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading O God, Holy, Almighty, Immortal, be Thou praised in Thy works!

commanding

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From this reading Thou, in commanding the sun to rise from the sea, makest day on the mountains and in the valleys.

confess

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From this reading Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.

day

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From this reading Thou, in commanding the sun to rise from the sea, makest day on the mountains and in the valleys.

eyes

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From this reading Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.

field

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From this reading In Thy praise is the murmur of pine woods and the lowing of flocks in the field.

filled

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From this reading Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.

fires

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From this reading Thou hast hung the fires of heaven in the firmament.

firmament

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From this reading Thou hast hung the fires of heaven in the firmament.

flocks

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From this reading In Thy praise is the murmur of pine woods and the lowing of flocks in the field.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Thou, in commanding the sun to rise from the sea, makest day on the mountains and in the valleys.

God

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From this reading O God, Holy, Almighty, Immortal, be Thou praised in Thy works!

hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/

an old form of “have”, used with “thou”

From this reading Thou hast hung the fires of heaven in the firmament.

heaven

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From this reading Thou hast hung the fires of heaven in the firmament.

Holy

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From this reading O God, Holy, Almighty, Immortal, be Thou praised in Thy works!

hung

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From this reading Thou hast hung the fires of heaven in the firmament.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.

ImmortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/

Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)

From this reading O God, Holy, Almighty, Immortal, be Thou praised in Thy works!

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading O God, Holy, Almighty, Immortal, be Thou praised in Thy works!

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading In Thy praise is the murmur of pine woods and the lowing of flocks in the field.

lowing

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From this reading In Thy praise is the murmur of pine woods and the lowing of flocks in the field.

makest

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From this reading Thou, in commanding the sun to rise from the sea, makest day on the mountains and in the valleys.

mountains

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From this reading Thou, in commanding the sun to rise from the sea, makest day on the mountains and in the valleys.

murmur

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From this reading In Thy praise is the murmur of pine woods and the lowing of flocks in the field.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.

O

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From this reading O God, Holy, Almighty, Immortal, be Thou praised in Thy works!

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Thou hast hung the fires of heaven in the firmament.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Thou, in commanding the sun to rise from the sea, makest day on the mountains and in the valleys.

pine

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From this reading In Thy praise is the murmur of pine woods and the lowing of flocks in the field.

praise

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From this reading In Thy praise is the murmur of pine woods and the lowing of flocks in the field.

praised

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From this reading O God, Holy, Almighty, Immortal, be Thou praised in Thy works!

rise

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From this reading Thou, in commanding the sun to rise from the sea, makest day on the mountains and in the valleys.

sea

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From this reading Thou, in commanding the sun to rise from the sea, makest day on the mountains and in the valleys.

see

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From this reading Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.

sun

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From this reading Thou, in commanding the sun to rise from the sea, makest day on the mountains and in the valleys.

tears

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From this reading Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Thou hast hung the fires of heaven in the firmament.

TheepronounUS /ðiː/

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.

ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading O God, Holy, Almighty, Immortal, be Thou praised in Thy works!

ThydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading O God, Holy, Almighty, Immortal, be Thou praised in Thy works!

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Thou, in commanding the sun to rise from the sea, makest day on the mountains and in the valleys.

turn

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From this reading Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.

valleys

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From this reading Thou, in commanding the sun to rise from the sea, makest day on the mountains and in the valleys.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.

WheneverconjunctionUS /weˈnevər/

at any time that; every time that

From this reading Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Whenever I turn my eyes filled with tears, I see Thee, and when I see Thee I confess Thee.

woods

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From this reading In Thy praise is the murmur of pine woods and the lowing of flocks in the field.

works

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From this reading O God, Holy, Almighty, Immortal, be Thou praised in Thy works!