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Margaret Tudor

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

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The first day of March.
For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.
Can heartache be written down in words?
Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
Ah, no! one can only feel them--bear them--and be crushed by them.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Margaret Tudor

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Margaret Tudor is here in full — 79 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/15 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The first day of March.
/ðə fɜːrst deɪ ʌv mɑːrtʃ/
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For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.
/fɔːr sɪks mʌnθs aɪ hæv ˈædəd ˈnʌθɪŋ tuː ðɪs rəˈkɔːrd ðoʊ taɪm ənd əˈɡen aɪ hæv ˈteɪkən ʌp maɪ pen tuː raɪt ənd ðen leɪd ɪt baɪ wɪð noʊ mɑːrk əˈpɑːn ðə freʃ peɪdʒ/
Line 3
Can heartache be written down in words?
/kæn ˈhɑːrteɪk biː ˈrɪtən daʊn ɪn wɜːrdz/
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Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?
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Ah, no! one can only feel them--bear them--and be crushed by them.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

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

crushed adjective US /krʌʃt/

treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance

From this reading “Ah, no! one can only feel them--bear them--and be crushed by them.”

desolation noun US /ˌdesəˈleɪʃən/

the state of being decayed or destroyed

From this reading “Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?”

heartache noun US /ˈhɑːrteɪk/

intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

From this reading “Can heartache be written down in words?”

lavish adjective US /ˈlævɪʃ/

very generous

From this reading “Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?”

loneliness noun US /ˈloʊnlinəs/

the state of being alone in solitary isolation

From this reading “Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?”

record noun US /rəˈkɔːrd/

anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

From this reading “For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.”

woeful adjective US /ˈwoʊfəl/

affected by or full of grief or woe

From this reading “Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?”

woes noun US /woʊz/

plural of “woe” — misery resulting from affliction

From this reading “Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?”

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addedverbUS /ˈædəd/

past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

againadverbUS /əˈɡen/

anew

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

Ah

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From this reading Ah, no! one can only feel them--bear them--and be crushed by them.

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading Can heartache be written down in words?

bearverbUS /ber/

have

From this reading Ah, no! one can only feel them--bear them--and be crushed by them.

belovedadjectiveUS /bɪˈlʌvd/

dearly loved

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

bestnounUS /best/

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

Canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Can heartache be written down in words?

carenounUS /ker/

the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

creaturenounUS /ˈkriːtʃər/

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

crushedadjectiveUS /krʌʃt/

treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance

From this reading Ah, no! one can only feel them--bear them--and be crushed by them.

daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading The first day of March.

desolationnounUS /ˌdesəˈleɪʃən/

the state of being decayed or destroyed

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

downadjectiveUS /daʊn/

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Can heartache be written down in words?

dulladjectiveUS /dʌl/

lacking in liveliness or animation

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

feelverbUS /fiːl/

undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

From this reading Ah, no! one can only feel them--bear them--and be crushed by them.

firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading The first day of March.

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

freshadjectiveUS /freʃ/

recently made, produced, or harvested

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

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

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

heartachenounUS /ˈhɑːrteɪk/

intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

From this reading Can heartache be written down in words?

humanadjectiveUS /ˈhjuːmən/

characteristic of humanity

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Can heartache be written down in words?

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

knownadjectiveUS /noʊn/

apprehended with certainty

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

laidadjectiveUS /leɪd/

set down according to a plan

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

lavishadjectiveUS /ˈlævɪʃ/

very generous

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

lifenounUS /laɪf/

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

lonelinessnounUS /ˈloʊnlinəs/

the state of being alone in solitary isolation

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

longingnounUS /ˈlɔːŋɪŋ/

prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

lovenounUS /lʌv/

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

MarchverbUS /mɑːrtʃ/

march in a procession

From this reading The first day of March.

markverbUS /mɑːrk/

attach a tag or label to

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

miserynounUS /ˈmɪzəri/

a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

monthsnounUS /mʌnθs/

plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The first day of March.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

onlyadverbUS /ˈoʊnli/

and nothing more

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

pagenounUS /peɪdʒ/

one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

pennounUS /pen/

a writing implement with a point from which ink flows

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

recordnounUS /rəˈkɔːrd/

anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

sixnounUS /sɪks/

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

sufferingnounUS /ˈsʌfərɪŋ/

a state of acute pain

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The first day of March.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Ah, no! one can only feel them--bear them--and be crushed by them.

thenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

timenounUS /taɪm/

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

toldverbUS /toʊld/

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

upadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

whompronounUS /huːm/

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

woefuladjectiveUS /ˈwoʊfəl/

affected by or full of grief or woe

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

woesnounUS /woʊz/

plural of “woe” — misery resulting from affliction

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

wordsnounUS /wɜːrdz/

the words that are spoken

From this reading Can heartache be written down in words?

worstnounUS /wɜːrst/

the least favorable outcome

From this reading Can loneliness and longing,--the desolation of one who has no human creature on whom to lavish love and care,--the dull misery that is known only to those whose best beloved are suffering the worst woes of this woeful life,--can all these be told?

writeverbUS /raɪt/

produce a literary work

From this reading For six months I have added nothing to this record; though time and again I have taken up my pen to write, and then laid it by, with no mark upon the fresh page.

writtenadjectiveUS /ˈrɪtən/

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading Can heartache be written down in words?

Chapter 14 of Margaret Tudor by Annie T. (Annie Toomer) Colcock holds 79 sentences, grouped into 16 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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