adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
Abd
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From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
al-Kaddus
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From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
AllahnounUS /ˈɑːlə/
Muslim name for the one and only God
From this reading Hasan replied, "By Allah, O my lord, I will never return except with my wife, or my death shall overtake me."
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
awayadverbUS /əˈweɪ/
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading * Whose case is such case how shall ever he be?"
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Hasan replied, "By Allah, O my lord, I will never return except with my wife, or my death shall overtake me."
cameverbUS /keɪm/
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
casenounUS /keɪs/
an occurrence of something
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
cleanadjectiveUS /kliːn/
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
couplets
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From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
cryverbUS /kraɪ/
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
deathnounUS /deθ/
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Hasan replied, "By Allah, O my lord, I will never return except with my wife, or my death shall overtake me."
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
ecstasynounUS /ˈekstəsi/
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
From this reading Then ecstasy, love-longing, transport and lowe!
estrangeverbUS /eˈstreɪndʒ/
remove from customary environment or associations
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
everadverbUS /ˈevər/
at any time
From this reading * Whose case is such case how shall ever he be?"
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Hasan replied, "By Allah, O my lord, I will never return except with my wife, or my death shall overtake me."
failverbUS /feɪl/
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
faintedverbUS /ˈfeɪntɪd/
past form of “faint” — pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
farnessnoun
the property of being remote
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
fealtynounUS /ˈfiːəlti/
the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
folknounUS /foʊk/
people in general (often used in the plural)
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
Hasan
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From this reading Hasan replied, "By Allah, O my lord, I will never return except with my wife, or my death shall overtake me."
hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
how
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From this reading * Whose case is such case how shall ever he be?"
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Hasan replied, "By Allah, O my lord, I will never return except with my wife, or my death shall overtake me."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
lordnounUS /lɔːrd/
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Hasan replied, "By Allah, O my lord, I will never return except with my wife, or my death shall overtake me."
lossnounUS /lɔːs/
something that is lost
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
Love'snounUS /lʌvz/
possessive form of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
love-longing
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From this reading Then ecstasy, love-longing, transport and lowe!
lowe
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From this reading Then ecstasy, love-longing, transport and lowe!
MadnessnounUS /ˈmædnəs/
obsolete terms for legal insanity
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
makeverbUS /meɪk/
engage in
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Hasan replied, "By Allah, O my lord, I will never return except with my wife, or my death shall overtake me."
mothernounUS /ˈmʌðər/
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
naughtnounUS /nɔːt/
a quantity of no importance
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
neveradverbUS /ˈnevər/
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Hasan replied, "By Allah, O my lord, I will never return except with my wife, or my death shall overtake me."
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
OnounUS /oʊ/
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Hasan replied, "By Allah, O my lord, I will never return except with my wife, or my death shall overtake me."
overtakeverbUS /ˈoʊvərteɪk/
catch up with and possibly overtake
From this reading Hasan replied, "By Allah, O my lord, I will never return except with my wife, or my death shall overtake me."
painsnounUS /peɪnz/
an effortful attempt to attain a goal
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
recitedverbUS /rəˈsaɪtɪd/
past form of “recite” — recite in elocution
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
repliedverbUS /rɪˈplaɪd/
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading Hasan replied, "By Allah, O my lord, I will never return except with my wife, or my death shall overtake me."
returnverbUS /rɪˈtɜːrn/
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Hasan replied, "By Allah, O my lord, I will never return except with my wife, or my death shall overtake me."
rightadverbUS /raɪt/
precisely, exactly
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
saidadjectiveUS /sed/
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Hasan replied, "By Allah, O my lord, I will never return except with my wife, or my death shall overtake me."
Shaykh
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From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
slavenounUS /sleɪv/
a person who is owned by someone
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
sonnounUS /sʌn/
a male human offspring
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
soreadjectiveUS /sɔːr/
hurting
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
sufferverbUS /ˈsʌfər/
undergo or be subjected to
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
tellverbUS /tel/
express in words
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
ThenadverbUS /ðen/
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
they'd
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From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
tormentnounUS /ˈtɔːrment/
unbearable physical pain
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
transportnounUS /trænˈspɔːrt/
something that serves as a means of transportation
From this reading Then ecstasy, love-longing, transport and lowe!
wailedverbUS /weɪld/
past form of “wail” — emit long loud cries
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
weepingadjectiveUS /ˈwiːpɪŋ/
showing sorrow
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
weptverbUS /wept/
inflected form of “weep” — shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
WhosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading * Whose case is such case how shall ever he be?"
wifenounUS /waɪf/
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Hasan replied, "By Allah, O my lord, I will never return except with my wife, or my death shall overtake me."
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Hasan replied, "By Allah, O my lord, I will never return except with my wife, or my death shall overtake me."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then he wept with sore weeping till he fainted away; and when he came to himself, Shaykh Abd al-Kaddus said to him, "O my son, thou hast a mother; make her not taste the torment of thy loss."
witlessadjectiveUS /ˈwɪtləs/
(used as complement) to the utmost degree
From this reading And he wept and wailed and recited these couplets, "By Love's right! naught of farness thy slave can estrange * Nor am I one to fail in my fealty: I suffer such pains did I tell my case * To folk, they'd cry, 'Madness! clean witless is he!'
