Chapter VII
"--And deep the waves beneath them bending glide. The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in." PARNELL. "Accoutred as I was, I plungéd in." SHAKSPEARE.
Hatchie, the Guardian Slave
Chapter VII
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"--And
deep
the
waves
beneath
them
bending
glide.
The
youth,
who
seemed
to
watch
a
time
to
sin,
Approached
the
careless
guide,
and
thrust
him
in."
PARNELL.
"Accoutred
as
I
was,
I
plungéd
in."
SHAKSPEARE.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"--And
deep
the
waves
beneath
them
bending
glide.
Line 2
The
youth,
who
seemed
to
watch
a
time
to
sin,
Approached
the
careless
guide,
and
thrust
him
in."
Line 3
PARNELL.
Line 4
"Accoutred
as
I
was,
I
plungéd
in."
Line 5
SHAKSPEARE.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Beneath
preposition
US /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “"--And deep the waves beneath them bending glide.”
Seemed
noun
US /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in."”
Time
noun
US /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in."”
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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 The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in."
Accoutred
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From this reading "Accoutred as I was, I plungéd in."
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "--And deep the waves beneath them bending glide.
Approached
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From this reading The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Accoutred as I was, I plungéd in."
bending
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From this reading "--And deep the waves beneath them bending glide.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading "--And deep the waves beneath them bending glide.
careless
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From this reading The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in."
deep
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From this reading "--And deep the waves beneath them bending glide.
glide
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From this reading "--And deep the waves beneath them bending glide.
guide
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From this reading The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in."
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Accoutred as I was, I plungéd in."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in."
PARNELL
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From this reading PARNELL.
plungéd
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From this reading "Accoutred as I was, I plungéd in."
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in."
SHAKSPEARE
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From this reading SHAKSPEARE.
sin
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From this reading The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "--And deep the waves beneath them bending glide.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "--And deep the waves beneath them bending glide.
thrust
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From this reading The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in."
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Accoutred as I was, I plungéd in."
watch
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From this reading The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in."
waves
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From this reading "--And deep the waves beneath them bending glide.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in."
youth
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From this reading The youth, who seemed to watch a time to sin, Approached the careless guide, and thrust him in."