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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 A GENTLEMAN'S LIFE.
all
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
burdensome
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
bury
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
Cecil
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From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
Dancing
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
days
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
DECKAR
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From this reading DECKAR.
despair
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
drown
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
end
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From this reading The end of the week found him a winner of some four hundred pounds.
eyelids
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
few
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From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
fortunes
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From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
found
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From this reading The end of the week found him a winner of some four hundred pounds.
four
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From this reading The end of the week found him a winner of some four hundred pounds.
full
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
gains
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From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
GENTLEMAN'S
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From this reading A GENTLEMAN'S LIFE.
hang
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
heaven
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
heavily
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
high
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The end of the week found him a winner of some four hundred pounds.
hours
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
hundred
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From this reading The end of the week found him a winner of some four hundred pounds.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
large
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From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
last
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From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
LIFE
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From this reading A GENTLEMAN'S LIFE.
look
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
losing
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From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
meetings
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
midnight
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
muse
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
next
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From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
night
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From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The end of the week found him a winner of some four hundred pounds.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
others
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From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
played
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From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
pounds
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From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
power
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
quite
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
revels
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
riotous
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
rising
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From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
sit
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
some
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From this reading The end of the week found him a winner of some four hundred pounds.
sometimes
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From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
suppers
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
tedious
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
thoughts
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
varying
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From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
very
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From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
virtuous
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
week
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From this reading The end of the week found him a winner of some four hundred pounds.
wer't
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
wine
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
winner
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From this reading The end of the week found him a winner of some four hundred pounds.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The next night and the next, Cecil played, and with varying fortunes, sometimes losing to the very last few pounds, at others rising to large gains.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
You'd
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From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Your days are tedious, your hours burdensome: And wer't not for full suppers, midnight revels, Dancing, wine, riotous meetings, which do drown And bury quite in you all virtuous thoughts, And on your eyelids hang so heavily They have no power to look as high as heaven, You'd sit and muse on nothing but despair."
