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active
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From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Senora was already dressed.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Now they begin the tragic play, And with their smoky cannon banish day.”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
attempt
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From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
banish
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From this reading “Now they begin the tragic play, And with their smoky cannon banish day.”
Beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
begin
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From this reading “Now they begin the tragic play, And with their smoky cannon banish day.”
benefits
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
cannon
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From this reading “Now they begin the tragic play, And with their smoky cannon banish day.”
care
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
conquer
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From this reading “Endure and conquer.
courage
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
day
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From this reading “Now they begin the tragic play, And with their smoky cannon banish day.”
dismiss
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
dispose
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
dressed
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From this reading The Senora was already dressed.
Endure
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From this reading “Endure and conquer.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
Fate
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
future
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
God
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
hearts
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From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
hour
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
iron
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From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
limb
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From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
Now
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From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
ope
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From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
past
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
play
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From this reading “Now they begin the tragic play, And with their smoky cannon banish day.”
pleasure
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
present
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
relate
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
reliefnounUS /rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
Resume
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
ribbed
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From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
send
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From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
Senora
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From this reading The Senora was already dressed.
Set
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From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
sluices
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From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
smoky
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From this reading “Now they begin the tragic play, And with their smoky cannon banish day.”
soon
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
sorrows
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “Now they begin the tragic play, And with their smoky cannon banish day.”
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Now they begin the tragic play, And with their smoky cannon banish day.”
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
tragic
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From this reading “Now they begin the tragic play, And with their smoky cannon banish day.”
vigorous
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From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Senora was already dressed.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
woes
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From this reading God will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes: Resume your courage, and dismiss your care; An hour will come with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Now, hearts, Be ribbed with iron for this one attempt: Set ope’ your sluices, send the vigorous blood Through every active limb for our relief.”
