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ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘MADONNA MARY,’ ‘FOR LOVE AND LIFE,’ ‘SQUIRE ARDEN,’ ‘MAY,’ ETC.
ARDEN
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From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘MADONNA MARY,’ ‘FOR LOVE AND LIFE,’ ‘SQUIRE ARDEN,’ ‘MAY,’ ETC.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
AUTHOR
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From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘MADONNA MARY,’ ‘FOR LOVE AND LIFE,’ ‘SQUIRE ARDEN,’ ‘MAY,’ ETC.
blossom
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
breath
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
call
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From this reading Maidens call That filmy gossamer the Virgin’s threads, And virgins’ lives are woven of threads like those.’
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
day
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
dew
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
die
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
drawn
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
EreconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
ETC
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From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘MADONNA MARY,’ ‘FOR LOVE AND LIFE,’ ‘SQUIRE ARDEN,’ ‘MAY,’ ETC.
fade
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
filmy
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From this reading Maidens call That filmy gossamer the Virgin’s threads, And virgins’ lives are woven of threads like those.’
Foam
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘MADONNA MARY,’ ‘FOR LOVE AND LIFE,’ ‘SQUIRE ARDEN,’ ‘MAY,’ ETC.
friend
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
frost
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From this reading _Philip._ ’Tis so; and so is life; and so is youth; Foam, frost, and dew; what would you?
gone
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
gossamer
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
grass
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
hoar-frost
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
Isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
LIFEnounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘MADONNA MARY,’ ‘FOR LOVE AND LIFE,’ ‘SQUIRE ARDEN,’ ‘MAY,’ ETC.
like
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From this reading Maidens call That filmy gossamer the Virgin’s threads, And virgins’ lives are woven of threads like those.’
lives
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From this reading Maidens call That filmy gossamer the Virgin’s threads, And virgins’ lives are woven of threads like those.’
LOVE
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From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘MADONNA MARY,’ ‘FOR LOVE AND LIFE,’ ‘SQUIRE ARDEN,’ ‘MAY,’ ETC.
made
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
MADONNA
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From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘MADONNA MARY,’ ‘FOR LOVE AND LIFE,’ ‘SQUIRE ARDEN,’ ‘MAY,’ ETC.
Maidens
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From this reading Maidens call That filmy gossamer the Virgin’s threads, And virgins’ lives are woven of threads like those.’
MARY
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From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘MADONNA MARY,’ ‘FOR LOVE AND LIFE,’ ‘SQUIRE ARDEN,’ ‘MAY,’ ETC.
mature
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
MAYmodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘MADONNA MARY,’ ‘FOR LOVE AND LIFE,’ ‘SQUIRE ARDEN,’ ‘MAY,’ ETC.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
nothings
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
ocean
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘MADONNA MARY,’ ‘FOR LOVE AND LIFE,’ ‘SQUIRE ARDEN,’ ‘MAY,’ ETC.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
Patterned
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
Philip
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From this reading _Philip._ ’Tis so; and so is life; and so is youth; Foam, frost, and dew; what would you?
Simon
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From this reading _Simon._ ...
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _Philip._ ’Tis so; and so is life; and so is youth; Foam, frost, and dew; what would you?
soberadjectiveUS /ˈsoʊbər/
not affected by alcohol
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
sparkle
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
spun
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
SQUIRE
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From this reading AUTHOR OF ‘MADONNA MARY,’ ‘FOR LOVE AND LIFE,’ ‘SQUIRE ARDEN,’ ‘MAY,’ ETC.
sun
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
tale
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
things
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Maidens call That filmy gossamer the Virgin’s threads, And virgins’ lives are woven of threads like those.’
threads
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From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
Tis
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From this reading _Philip._ ’Tis so; and so is life; and so is youth; Foam, frost, and dew; what would you?
Virgin's
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From this reading Maidens call That filmy gossamer the Virgin’s threads, And virgins’ lives are woven of threads like those.’
virgins
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From this reading Maidens call That filmy gossamer the Virgin’s threads, And virgins’ lives are woven of threads like those.’
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _Philip._ ’Tis so; and so is life; and so is youth; Foam, frost, and dew; what would you?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _Philip._ ’Tis so; and so is life; and so is youth; Foam, frost, and dew; what would you?
woven
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From this reading Maidens call That filmy gossamer the Virgin’s threads, And virgins’ lives are woven of threads like those.’
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Philip._ ’Tis so; and so is life; and so is youth; Foam, frost, and dew; what would you?
YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Your tale, my friend, Is made from nothing, and of nothings spun-- Foam on the ocean, hoar-frost on the grass, The gossamer threads that sparkle in the sun Patterned with morning dew--things that are born And die, are come and gone, blossom and fade Ere day mature has drawn one sober breath.’
youth
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From this reading _Philip._ ’Tis so; and so is life; and so is youth; Foam, frost, and dew; what would you?
