used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
a feeling of delighted approval and liking
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Wing high thy skyward way, And don't refuse To let me say my say As bravely as I may.
BaltimorenounUS /ˈbɔːltəmɔːr/
the largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
bravelyadverbUS /ˈbreɪvli/
in a courageous manner
From this reading Wing high thy skyward way, And don't refuse To let me say my say As bravely as I may.
terminate
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
BuckverbUS /bʌk/
to strive with determination
From this reading Buck up, my Muse!
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
cradlesnounUS /ˈkreɪdəlz/
plural of “cradle” — a baby bed with sides and rockers
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
departverbUS /dɪˈpɑːrt/
move away from a place into another direction
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
don't
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From this reading Wing high thy skyward way, And don't refuse To let me say my say As bravely as I may.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
frownverbUS /fraʊn/
look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Wing high thy skyward way, And don't refuse To let me say my say As bravely as I may.
HomagenounUS /ˈɑːmədʒ/
respectful deference
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
I'm
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From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
inclinenounUS /ˌɪnˈklaɪn/
an elevated geological formation
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
JnounUS /dʒeɪ/
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
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
jeerverbUS /dʒɪr/
laugh at with contempt and derision
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
a polite name for any woman
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
go away from a place
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Wing high thy skyward way, And don't refuse To let me say my say As bravely as I may.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Wing high thy skyward way, And don't refuse To let me say my say As bravely as I may.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Wing high thy skyward way, And don't refuse To let me say my say As bravely as I may.
MusenounUS /mjuːz/
in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
From this reading Buck up, my Muse!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Buck up, my Muse!
not any; not one
From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
nursesnounUS /ˈnɜːrsəz/
plural of “nurse” — one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
an expression of approval and commendation
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
publishverbUS /ˈpʌblɪʃ/
put into print
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
show unwillingness towards
From this reading Wing high thy skyward way, And don't refuse To let me say my say As bravely as I may.
Identical; not different.
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
express in words
From this reading Wing high thy skyward way, And don't refuse To let me say my say As bravely as I may.
scoffers
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From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
skywardadjectiveUS /ˈskaɪwərd/
directed toward heaven or the sky
From this reading Wing high thy skyward way, And don't refuse To let me say my say As bravely as I may.
smartadjectiveUS /smɑːrt/
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
hurting
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
Suzanne
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From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Wing high thy skyward way, And don't refuse To let me say my say As bravely as I may.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Buck up, my Muse!
versesnounUS /ˈvɜːrsəz/
plural of “verse” — literature in metrical form
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Wing high thy skyward way, And don't refuse To let me say my say As bravely as I may.
(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”)
From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
at any time that; every time that
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
WingnounUS /wɪŋ/
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading Wing high thy skyward way, And don't refuse To let me say my say As bravely as I may.
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it?
produce a literary work
From this reading _Though J. H. jeer And "Smith" incline to frown, I do not fear To write these verses down And publish them in town.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading To praise a lady fair I father verses, Which Admiration cradles, Homage nurses._ _For you, Suzanne, Long since have won my heart; You break it, too, And leave the same to smart full sore Whenever you depart for Baltimore.
