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Old Kensington

Chapter XVII

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THE TERRACE AT ALL SAINTS' COLLEGE.
Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne, Die liebt ich einst alle in Liebeswonne.
--Heine.
Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.
The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Old Kensington

Chapter XVII

Reading 1/78 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE TERRACE AT ALL SAINTS' COLLEGE.
Line 2
Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne, Die liebt ich einst alle in Liebeswonne.
Line 3
--Heine.
Line 4
Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.
Line 5
The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

Learner Dictionary

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

Against preposition US /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading “Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.”

Among preposition US /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading “The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.”

Behind preposition US /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading “The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.”

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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 Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.

againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.

ALL

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From this reading THE TERRACE AT ALL SAINTS' COLLEGE.

alle

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From this reading Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne, Die liebt ich einst alle in Liebeswonne.

amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

ATprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading THE TERRACE AT ALL SAINTS' COLLEGE.

behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

city

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From this reading Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.

cloisters

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From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

COLLEGE

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From this reading THE TERRACE AT ALL SAINTS' COLLEGE.

Die

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From this reading Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne, Die liebt ich einst alle in Liebeswonne.

Dorothea's

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From this reading Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.

down

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From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

einst

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From this reading Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne, Die liebt ich einst alle in Liebeswonne.

fairyland

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From this reading Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.

gables

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From this reading Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.

gardens

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From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

gateways

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From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

go

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From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

green

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From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

Heine

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From this reading --Heine.

hill

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From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

ich

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From this reading Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne, Die liebt ich einst alle in Liebeswonne.

imagination

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From this reading Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne, Die liebt ich einst alle in Liebeswonne.

ivy

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From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

lakes

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From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

leading

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From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

Liebeswonne

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From this reading Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne, Die liebt ich einst alle in Liebeswonne.

liebt

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From this reading Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne, Die liebt ich einst alle in Liebeswonne.

like

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From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

Lilie

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From this reading Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne, Die liebt ich einst alle in Liebeswonne.

lying

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From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.

rises

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From this reading Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.

Rose

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From this reading Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne, Die liebt ich einst alle in Liebeswonne.

SAINTS

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From this reading THE TERRACE AT ALL SAINTS' COLLEGE.

sky

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From this reading Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.

Somewhere

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From this reading Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.

Sonne

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From this reading Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne, Die liebt ich einst alle in Liebeswonne.

stones

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From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

straggling

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From this reading Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.

streets

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From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

Taube

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From this reading Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne, Die liebt ich einst alle in Liebeswonne.

TERRACE

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From this reading THE TERRACE AT ALL SAINTS' COLLEGE.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE TERRACE AT ALL SAINTS' COLLEGE.

towers

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From this reading Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.

up

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From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

visionary

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From this reading Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.

walls

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From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The streets go up hill and down hill, leading by cloisters and gateways and by walls, behind which gardens are lying like lakes of green among the stones and the ivy.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Somewhere in the fairyland of Dorothea's imagination rises a visionary city, with towers and gables straggling against the sky.