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Alice's
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From this reading The day appointed for Alice's ill-starred nuptials draws near with ill-omened celerity.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Anxious consultations and meetings at the trysting-place with her Saxon lover become most frequent as the fatal day approaches.
Anxious
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From this reading Anxious consultations and meetings at the trysting-place with her Saxon lover become most frequent as the fatal day approaches.
appointed
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From this reading The day appointed for Alice's ill-starred nuptials draws near with ill-omened celerity.
approaches
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From this reading Anxious consultations and meetings at the trysting-place with her Saxon lover become most frequent as the fatal day approaches.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Anxious consultations and meetings at the trysting-place with her Saxon lover become most frequent as the fatal day approaches.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Anxious consultations and meetings at the trysting-place with her Saxon lover become most frequent as the fatal day approaches.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Good-night, good-night; parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night, till it be morrow."
become
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From this reading Anxious consultations and meetings at the trysting-place with her Saxon lover become most frequent as the fatal day approaches.
celerity
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From this reading The day appointed for Alice's ill-starred nuptials draws near with ill-omened celerity.
consultations
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From this reading Anxious consultations and meetings at the trysting-place with her Saxon lover become most frequent as the fatal day approaches.
day
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From this reading The day appointed for Alice's ill-starred nuptials draws near with ill-omened celerity.
draws
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From this reading The day appointed for Alice's ill-starred nuptials draws near with ill-omened celerity.
fatal
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From this reading Anxious consultations and meetings at the trysting-place with her Saxon lover become most frequent as the fatal day approaches.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The day appointed for Alice's ill-starred nuptials draws near with ill-omened celerity.
frequent
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From this reading Anxious consultations and meetings at the trysting-place with her Saxon lover become most frequent as the fatal day approaches.
Good-night
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From this reading "Good-night, good-night; parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night, till it be morrow."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Anxious consultations and meetings at the trysting-place with her Saxon lover become most frequent as the fatal day approaches.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Good-night, good-night; parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night, till it be morrow."
ill-omened
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From this reading The day appointed for Alice's ill-starred nuptials draws near with ill-omened celerity.
ill-starred
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From this reading The day appointed for Alice's ill-starred nuptials draws near with ill-omened celerity.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Good-night, good-night; parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night, till it be morrow."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Good-night, good-night; parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night, till it be morrow."
lover
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From this reading Anxious consultations and meetings at the trysting-place with her Saxon lover become most frequent as the fatal day approaches.
LOVERS
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From this reading LOVERS PLOTTING.
meetings
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From this reading Anxious consultations and meetings at the trysting-place with her Saxon lover become most frequent as the fatal day approaches.
morrow
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From this reading "Good-night, good-night; parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night, till it be morrow."
most
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From this reading Anxious consultations and meetings at the trysting-place with her Saxon lover become most frequent as the fatal day approaches.
near
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From this reading The day appointed for Alice's ill-starred nuptials draws near with ill-omened celerity.
nuptials
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From this reading The day appointed for Alice's ill-starred nuptials draws near with ill-omened celerity.
parting
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From this reading "Good-night, good-night; parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night, till it be morrow."
PLOTTING
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From this reading LOVERS PLOTTING.
Saxon
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From this reading Anxious consultations and meetings at the trysting-place with her Saxon lover become most frequent as the fatal day approaches.
say
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From this reading "Good-night, good-night; parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night, till it be morrow."
Shakespeare
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From this reading Shakespeare.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Good-night, good-night; parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night, till it be morrow."
sorrow
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From this reading "Good-night, good-night; parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night, till it be morrow."
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "Good-night, good-night; parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night, till it be morrow."
sweet
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From this reading "Good-night, good-night; parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night, till it be morrow."
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Good-night, good-night; parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night, till it be morrow."
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day appointed for Alice's ill-starred nuptials draws near with ill-omened celerity.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading "Good-night, good-night; parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night, till it be morrow."
trysting-place
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From this reading Anxious consultations and meetings at the trysting-place with her Saxon lover become most frequent as the fatal day approaches.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The day appointed for Alice's ill-starred nuptials draws near with ill-omened celerity.
