133
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From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
149
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From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
169
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From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
187
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From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
231
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From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
255
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From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
273
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From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
291
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From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading It is a tale for tears, and should you hear it in the lilied tongue of the yellow men, it would awaken in you all your pity.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
awakenverbUS /əˈweɪkən/
cause to become awake or conscious
From this reading It is a tale for tears, and should you hear it in the lilied tongue of the yellow men, it would awaken in you all your pity.
baldadjectiveUS /bɔːld/
with no effort to conceal
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
casuallyadverbUS /ˈkæʒəwəli/
not methodically or according to plan
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
CausewayverbUS /ˈkɑːzweɪ/
provide with a causeway
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
a young person of either sex
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
Chinatown
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From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
ChinknounUS /tʃɪŋk/
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
Ding-Dong-Dell
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From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
DocknounUS /dɑːk/
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
essentialadjectiveUS /eˈsenʃəl/
absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
far-away
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From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It is a tale for tears, and should you hear it in the lilied tongue of the yellow men, it would awaken in you all your pity.
fragrancenounUS /ˈfreɪɡrəns/
a distinctive odor that is pleasant
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
Fu
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From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
gay-lamped
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From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
Gina
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From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
a young female
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
GorillanounUS /ɡərˈɪlə/
largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
Greers
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From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
hauntsnounUS /hɔːnts/
plural of “haunt” — a frequently visited place
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
https
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From this reading See https://
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
Joe
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From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
Knight-Errantnoun
a wandering knight travelling in search of adventure
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
lilied
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From this reading It is a tale for tears, and should you hear it in the lilied tongue of the yellow men, it would awaken in you all your pity.
Limehouse
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From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
loftieradjectiveUS /ˈlɔːftiər/
comparative of “lofty” — of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
loversnounUS /ˈlʌvərz/
plural of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
low-lit
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From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
the force of workers available
From this reading It is a tale for tears, and should you hear it in the lilied tongue of the yellow men, it would awaken in you all your pity.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
PansynounUS /ˈpænzi/
large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
a strong feeling or emotion
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
Pennyfields
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From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading It is a tale for tears, and should you hear it in the lilied tongue of the yellow men, it would awaken in you all your pity.
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See https://
ShanghainounUS /ˈʃæŋˈhaɪ/
the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading It is a tale for tears, and should you hear it in the lilied tongue of the yellow men, it would awaken in you all your pity.
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
SingaporenounUS /ˈsɪŋəpɔːr/
the capital of Singapore; one of the world's biggest ports
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
slinks
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From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
spheresnounUS /sfɪrz/
plural of “sphere” — a particular environment or walk of life
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
squalornounUS /ˈskwɑːlər/
sordid dirtiness
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
TaiadjectiveUS /taɪ/
of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
Tai-Ping
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From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading It is a tale for tears, and should you hear it in the lilied tongue of the yellow men, it would awaken in you all your pity.
express in words
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
TokionounUS /toʊˈkiːoʊ/
the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading It is a tale for tears, and should you hear it in the lilied tongue of the yellow men, it would awaken in you all your pity.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
unhappilyadverbUS /ənˈhæpəli/
in an unpleasant way
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
migratory
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
United States actress and singer (1896-1977)
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading _The Sign of the Lamp_ 133 _Tai Fu and Pansy Greers_ 149 _The Bird_ 169 _Gina of the Chinatown_ 187 _The Knight-Errant_ 231 _The Gorilla and the Girl_ 255 _Ding-Dong-Dell_ 273 _Old Joe_ 291 _The Chink and the Child_ It is a tale of love and lovers that they tell in the low-lit Causeway that slinks from West India Dock Road to the dark waste of waters beyond.
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
whitheradverbUS /ˈwɪðər/
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading In our bald speech it must, unhappily, lose its essential fragrance, that quality that will lift an affair of squalor into the loftier spheres of passion and imagination, beauty and sorrow.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It is a tale for tears, and should you hear it in the lilied tongue of the yellow men, it would awaken in you all your pity.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading It is a tale for tears, and should you hear it in the lilied tongue of the yellow men, it would awaken in you all your pity.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading In Pennyfields, too, you may hear it; and I do not doubt that it is told in far-away Tai-Ping, in Singapore, in Tokio, in Shanghai, and those other gay-lamped haunts of wonder whither the wandering people of Limehouse go and whence they return so casually.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It is a tale for tears, and should you hear it in the lilied tongue of the yellow men, it would awaken in you all your pity.
