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Middlemarch

Chapter XIV

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1_st Gent_.
All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.
2_d Gent_.
Why, true.
The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Middlemarch

Chapter XIV

Reading 1/40 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
1_st Gent_.
Line 2
All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.
Line 3
2_d Gent_.
Line 4
Why, true.
Line 5
The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

Learner Dictionary

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

Even noun US /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.”

Hath auxiliary verb US /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading “The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.”

While conjunction US /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading “The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.”

All words in this reading · 54

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1

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From this reading 1_st Gent_.

2

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From this reading 2_d Gent_.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.

All

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From this reading All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

apart

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.

Bringing

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From this reading All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

calendar

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

came

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

clasped

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

d

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From this reading 2_d Gent_.

day

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

death

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

delight

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From this reading All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.

eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

evennounUS /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

evil

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

foresaw

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

Gent

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From this reading 1_st Gent_.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.

hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

home

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From this reading All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

like

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

love

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

made

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

mutual

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From this reading All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

other

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

rolling

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

seek

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From this reading All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.

souls

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

st

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From this reading 1_st Gent_.

sweetness

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

times

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From this reading All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.

true

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From this reading Why, true.

two

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

waves

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From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

wedded

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From this reading All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.

Wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, and foresaw No life apart.

Why

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From this reading Why, true.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.