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“O blest be he! O blest be he! Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!” --Spanish Ballad. “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
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used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.””
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ““If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.””
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.””
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
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From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
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From this reading --Spanish Ballad.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “O blest be he!
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From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”
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From this reading “O blest be he!
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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”
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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “O blest be he!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”
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From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “O blest be he!
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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”
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From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading --Spanish Ballad.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
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From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
which person or people
From this reading Let him all blessings prove, Who made the chains, the shining chains, The holy chains of love!”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “If you love a lady bright, Seek, and you shall find a way All that love would say, to say If you watch the occasion right.”
