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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 "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
all
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
bark
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Heaven be my help; And clear my eye, and nerve my trembling hand!"
bears
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
beating
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From this reading Her heart beating, her head full of ideas, which required time and solitude to be reduced into order, Mary hurried home.
blindly
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
clear
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From this reading Heaven be my help; And clear my eye, and nerve my trembling hand!"
CONSTANT
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From this reading "THE CONSTANT WOMAN."
dash
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
depend
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
eye
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
find
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
frowning
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
full
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From this reading Her heart beating, her head full of ideas, which required time and solitude to be reduced into order, Mary hurried home.
hand
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
head
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From this reading Her heart beating, her head full of ideas, which required time and solitude to be reduced into order, Mary hurried home.
heart
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From this reading Her heart beating, her head full of ideas, which required time and solitude to be reduced into order, Mary hurried home.
Heaven
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From this reading Heaven be my help; And clear my eye, and nerve my trembling hand!"
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Heaven be my help; And clear my eye, and nerve my trembling hand!"
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her heart beating, her head full of ideas, which required time and solitude to be reduced into order, Mary hurried home.
home
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From this reading Her heart beating, her head full of ideas, which required time and solitude to be reduced into order, Mary hurried home.
hope
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
hurried
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From this reading Her heart beating, her head full of ideas, which required time and solitude to be reduced into order, Mary hurried home.
ideas
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From this reading Her heart beating, her head full of ideas, which required time and solitude to be reduced into order, Mary hurried home.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Her heart beating, her head full of ideas, which required time and solitude to be reduced into order, Mary hurried home.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
love
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
Mary
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From this reading Her heart beating, her head full of ideas, which required time and solitude to be reduced into order, Mary hurried home.
miserably
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
nerve
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From this reading Heaven be my help; And clear my eye, and nerve my trembling hand!"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her heart beating, her head full of ideas, which required time and solitude to be reduced into order, Mary hurried home.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
peace
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
port
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
reduced
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From this reading Her heart beating, her head full of ideas, which required time and solitude to be reduced into order, Mary hurried home.
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her heart beating, her head full of ideas, which required time and solitude to be reduced into order, Mary hurried home.
rocks
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
safety
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
Shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
sink
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
smile
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
solitude
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From this reading Her heart beating, her head full of ideas, which required time and solitude to be reduced into order, Mary hurried home.
some
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
SUB-POENA
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From this reading THE SUB-POENA.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SUB-POENA.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
then
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her heart beating, her head full of ideas, which required time and solitude to be reduced into order, Mary hurried home.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
treasured
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
trembling
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From this reading Heaven be my help; And clear my eye, and nerve my trembling hand!"
unsteady
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From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading "And must it then depend on this poor eye And this unsteady hand, whether the bark, That bears my all of treasured hope and love, Shall find a passage through these frowning rocks To some fair port where peace and safety smile,-- Or whether it shall blindly dash against them, And miserably sink?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Her heart beating, her head full of ideas, which required time and solitude to be reduced into order, Mary hurried home.
WOMAN
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From this reading "THE CONSTANT WOMAN."
