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aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The sun and moon and firmament above Bear witness how I love thee!’
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading The birds in the air, that fly together pair and pair, Bear witness, Ann, that I love thee!’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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Ann
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
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BalladsnounUS /ˈbælədz/
plural of “ballad” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
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have
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plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading The birds in the air, that fly together pair and pair, Bear witness, Ann, that I love thee!’
bonnyadjectiveUS /ˈbɑːni/
very pleasing to the eye
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Buchan's
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used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
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dearly loved
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firmamentnoun
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
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travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading The birds in the air, that fly together pair and pair, Bear witness, Ann, that I love thee!’
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
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how
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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
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a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
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the natural satellite of the Earth
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the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
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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
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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a set of two similar things considered as a unit
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sae
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one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
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the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The sun and moon and firmament above Bear witness how I love thee!’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
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in contact with each other or in proximity
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(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
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someone who sees an event and reports what happened
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