actualadjectiveUS /ˈæktʃəwəl/
presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
annoysverbUS /əˈnɔɪz/
third-person singular of “annoy” — cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
blameverbUS /bleɪm/
put or pin the blame on
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
breakfastverbUS /ˈbrekfəst/
eat an early morning meal
From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
CharlesnounUS /tʃɑːrlz/
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
conditionaladjectiveUS /kənˈdɪʃənəl/
qualified by reservations
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
experimentnounUS /ɪkˈsperəmənt/
the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
forbearancenounUS /fɔːrˈberəns/
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
GOETHE'S
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From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet often with respect he speaks of thee.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
Hollywell
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From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
knowsnounUS /noʊz/
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
LanguagenounUS /ˈlæŋɡwədʒ/
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
Leonora
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From this reading Leonora.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
meanestadjectiveUS /ˈmiːnəst/
superlative of “mean” — approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
meansnounUS /miːnz/
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
metverbUS /met/
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yet often with respect he speaks of thee.
oftenadverbUS /ˈɔːfən/
many times at short intervals
From this reading Yet often with respect he speaks of thee.
partynounUS /ˈpɑːrti/
an organization to gain political power
From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
praisenounUS /preɪz/
an expression of approval and commendation
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
prudentadjectiveUS /ˈpruːdənt/
careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
respectnounUS /rɪˈspekt/
(usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point
From this reading Yet often with respect he speaks of thee.
seemingadjectiveUS /ˈsiːmɪŋ/
appearing as such but not necessarily so
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
showedverbUS /ʃoʊd/
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
smoothadjectiveUS /smuːð/
having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
speaksverbUS /spiːks/
third-person singular of “speak” — express in speech
From this reading Yet often with respect he speaks of thee.
subtleadjectiveUS /ˈsʌtəl/
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
TassonounUS /ˈtæsoʊ/
Italian poet who wrote an epic poem about the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1544-1595)
From this reading Tasso.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Yet often with respect he speaks of thee.
ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
TisnounUS /tɪz/
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
usenounUS /juːs/
the act of using
From this reading Thou meanest with forbearance, prudent, subtle, ‘Tis that annoys me, for he knows to use Language so smooth and so conditional, That seeming praise from him is actual blame.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Yet often with respect he speaks of thee.
worseadjectiveUS /wɜːrs/
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
yesterday'snounUS /ˈjestərdeɪz/
possessive form of “yesterday” — the day immediately before today
From this reading --GOETHE’S Tasso When the Hollywell party met at breakfast, Charles showed himself by no means the worse for his yesterday’s experiment.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet often with respect he speaks of thee.
