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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 “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
advance
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From this reading We must now advance the time several days, and change the scene to a distant part of the ocean; within the tropics indeed.
all
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From this reading The females had suffered slight attacks of sea-sickness, and recovered from them, and the brig was safe from all her pursuers.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
any
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From this reading The manner of Spike's escape was simple enough, and without any necromancy.
attacks
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From this reading The females had suffered slight attacks of sea-sickness, and recovered from them, and the brig was safe from all her pursuers.
BecauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
bed
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
brig
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From this reading The females had suffered slight attacks of sea-sickness, and recovered from them, and the brig was safe from all her pursuers.
change
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From this reading We must now advance the time several days, and change the scene to a distant part of the ocean; within the tropics indeed.
cliff
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
continue
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
days
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From this reading We must now advance the time several days, and change the scene to a distant part of the ocean; within the tropics indeed.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading We must now advance the time several days, and change the scene to a distant part of the ocean; within the tropics indeed.
dived
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
enough
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From this reading The manner of Spike's escape was simple enough, and without any necromancy.
escape
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From this reading The manner of Spike's escape was simple enough, and without any necromancy.
father
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
females
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From this reading The females had suffered slight attacks of sea-sickness, and recovered from them, and the brig was safe from all her pursuers.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
given
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The females had suffered slight attacks of sea-sickness, and recovered from them, and the brig was safe from all her pursuers.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
Icarus
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
indeed
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From this reading We must now advance the time several days, and change the scene to a distant part of the ocean; within the tropics indeed.
Leander
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
leap'd
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
Lesbian
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
Leucadia's
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
love
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
manner
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From this reading The manner of Spike's escape was simple enough, and without any necromancy.
miff
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
minded
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must now advance the time several days, and change the scene to a distant part of the ocean; within the tropics indeed.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
necromancy
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From this reading The manner of Spike's escape was simple enough, and without any necromancy.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
now
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From this reading We must now advance the time several days, and change the scene to a distant part of the ocean; within the tropics indeed.
ocean
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From this reading We must now advance the time several days, and change the scene to a distant part of the ocean; within the tropics indeed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We must now advance the time several days, and change the scene to a distant part of the ocean; within the tropics indeed.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We must now advance the time several days, and change the scene to a distant part of the ocean; within the tropics indeed.
Phaon
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
punish
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
pursuers
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From this reading The females had suffered slight attacks of sea-sickness, and recovered from them, and the brig was safe from all her pursuers.
recovered
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From this reading The females had suffered slight attacks of sea-sickness, and recovered from them, and the brig was safe from all her pursuers.
safe
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From this reading The females had suffered slight attacks of sea-sickness, and recovered from them, and the brig was safe from all her pursuers.
said
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
Sands
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From this reading Sands.
Sappho
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
scene
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From this reading We must now advance the time several days, and change the scene to a distant part of the ocean; within the tropics indeed.
sea-sickness
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From this reading The females had suffered slight attacks of sea-sickness, and recovered from them, and the brig was safe from all her pursuers.
several
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From this reading We must now advance the time several days, and change the scene to a distant part of the ocean; within the tropics indeed.
simple
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From this reading The manner of Spike's escape was simple enough, and without any necromancy.
slight
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From this reading The females had suffered slight attacks of sea-sickness, and recovered from them, and the brig was safe from all her pursuers.
Spike's
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From this reading The manner of Spike's escape was simple enough, and without any necromancy.
stiff
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
suffered
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From this reading The females had suffered slight attacks of sea-sickness, and recovered from them, and the brig was safe from all her pursuers.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The females had suffered slight attacks of sea-sickness, and recovered from them, and the brig was safe from all her pursuers.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We must now advance the time several days, and change the scene to a distant part of the ocean; within the tropics indeed.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
tropics
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From this reading We must now advance the time several days, and change the scene to a distant part of the ocean; within the tropics indeed.
untoprepositionUS /ˈʌntuː/
an old word for “to”
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The females had suffered slight attacks of sea-sickness, and recovered from them, and the brig was safe from all her pursuers.
watery
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
wax
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From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must now advance the time several days, and change the scene to a distant part of the ocean; within the tropics indeed.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Leander dived for love, Leucadia's cliff The Lesbian Sappho leap'd from in a miff, To punish Phaon; Icarus went dead, Because the wax did not continue stiff; And, had he minded what his father said, He had not given a name unto his watery bed.”
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading We must now advance the time several days, and change the scene to a distant part of the ocean; within the tropics indeed.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The manner of Spike's escape was simple enough, and without any necromancy.
