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THE ROCK OF DOON “Hills o’ my heart! Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces. And the Gentle Folk be good to him betwixt the dark and day.” ETHNA CARBERY. SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
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an old word for “between”
From this reading “And the Gentle Folk be good to him betwixt the dark and day.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And the Gentle Folk be good to him betwixt the dark and day.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.””
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.””
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
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From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
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From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
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From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And the Gentle Folk be good to him betwixt the dark and day.”
an old word for “between”
From this reading And the Gentle Folk be good to him betwixt the dark and day.”
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From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
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From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
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From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
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From this reading ETHNA CARBERY.
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From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
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From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
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From this reading And the Gentle Folk be good to him betwixt the dark and day.”
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From this reading And the Gentle Folk be good to him betwixt the dark and day.”
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From this reading THE ROCK OF DOON “Hills o’ my heart!
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From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
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From this reading ETHNA CARBERY.
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From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
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From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
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From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
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From this reading And the Gentle Folk be good to him betwixt the dark and day.”
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From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
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From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
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From this reading And the Gentle Folk be good to him betwixt the dark and day.”
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From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the Gentle Folk be good to him betwixt the dark and day.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
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From this reading THE ROCK OF DOON “Hills o’ my heart!
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From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
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From this reading THE ROCK OF DOON “Hills o’ my heart!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
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From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
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From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE ROCK OF DOON “Hills o’ my heart!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE ROCK OF DOON “Hills o’ my heart!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ROCK OF DOON “Hills o’ my heart!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE ROCK OF DOON “Hills o’ my heart!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ROCK OF DOON “Hills o’ my heart!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And the Gentle Folk be good to him betwixt the dark and day.”
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From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SIR John O’Neill paid his formal call on the Australians, tactfully choosing a day so hopelessly wet as to forbid any thought of fishing or “bog-lepping.”
which person or people
From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Let the herdsman who walks in your high haunted places Give him strength and courage, and weave his dreams alway: Let your cairn-heaped hero-dead reveal their grand exultant faces.
