adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
ancor
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From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SHROVETIDE had come, and the Prince had, before leaving Trapani, been taking some share in the entertainments of the Carnival.
ASHnounUS /æʃ/
the residue that remains when something is burned
From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading SHROVETIDE had come, and the Prince had, before leaving Trapani, been taking some share in the entertainments of the Carnival.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading SHROVETIDE had come, and the Prince had, before leaving Trapani, been taking some share in the entertainments of the Carnival.
cantonounUS /ˈkæntoʊ/
the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music
From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
CarnivalnounUS /ˈkɑːrnəvəl/
a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
From this reading SHROVETIDE had come, and the Prince had, before leaving Trapani, been taking some share in the entertainments of the Carnival.
che'n
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From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
colanounUS /ˈkoʊlə/
large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts
From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
Colui
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From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
comeverbUS /kʌm/
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading SHROVETIDE had come, and the Prince had, before leaving Trapani, been taking some share in the entertainments of the Carnival.
commencementnounUS /kəˈmensmənt/
the time at which something is supposed to begin
From this reading Personally, his grave reserve made gaieties distasteful to him; and the disastrous commencement of the Crusade weighed on his spirits.
CrusadenounUS /kruːˈseɪd/
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
From this reading Personally, his grave reserve made gaieties distasteful to him; and the disastrous commencement of the Crusade weighed on his spirits.
cuor
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From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
danounUS /dɑː/
an official prosecutor for a judicial district
From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
DANTEnounUS /ˈdɑːnteɪ/
an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)
From this reading DANTE.
Dicendo
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From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
Dio
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From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
disastrousadjectiveUS /dɪˈzæstrəs/
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
From this reading Personally, his grave reserve made gaieties distasteful to him; and the disastrous commencement of the Crusade weighed on his spirits.
distastefuladjectiveUS /dɪˈsteɪstfəl/
not pleasing in odor or taste
From this reading Personally, his grave reserve made gaieties distasteful to him; and the disastrous commencement of the Crusade weighed on his spirits.
entertainmentsnounUS /ˌentərˈteɪnmənts/
plural of “entertainment” — an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
From this reading SHROVETIDE had come, and the Prince had, before leaving Trapani, been taking some share in the entertainments of the Carnival.
feese
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From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
gaieties
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From this reading Personally, his grave reserve made gaieties distasteful to him; and the disastrous commencement of the Crusade weighed on his spirits.
gravenounUS /ɡreɪv/
death of a person
From this reading Personally, his grave reserve made gaieties distasteful to him; and the disastrous commencement of the Crusade weighed on his spirits.
grembo
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From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading SHROVETIDE had come, and the Prince had, before leaving Trapani, been taking some share in the entertainments of the Carnival.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Personally, his grave reserve made gaieties distasteful to him; and the disastrous commencement of the Crusade weighed on his spirits.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Personally, his grave reserve made gaieties distasteful to him; and the disastrous commencement of the Crusade weighed on his spirits.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
InfernonounUS /ˌɪnˈfɜːrnoʊ/
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading _Inferno_.
lnounUS /el/
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
leavingnounUS /ˈliːvɪŋ/
the act of departing
From this reading SHROVETIDE had come, and the Prince had, before leaving Trapani, been taking some share in the entertainments of the Carnival.
Lo
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From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Personally, his grave reserve made gaieties distasteful to him; and the disastrous commencement of the Crusade weighed on his spirits.
Mostrocci
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From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SHROVETIDE had come, and the Prince had, before leaving Trapani, been taking some share in the entertainments of the Carnival.
ombra
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From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Personally, his grave reserve made gaieties distasteful to him; and the disastrous commencement of the Crusade weighed on his spirits.
PersonallyadverbUS /ˈpɜːrsənəli/
as yourself
From this reading Personally, his grave reserve made gaieties distasteful to him; and the disastrous commencement of the Crusade weighed on his spirits.
PrincenounUS /prɪns/
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading SHROVETIDE had come, and the Prince had, before leaving Trapani, been taking some share in the entertainments of the Carnival.
reservenounUS /rɪˈzɜːrv/
formality and propriety of manner
From this reading Personally, his grave reserve made gaieties distasteful to him; and the disastrous commencement of the Crusade weighed on his spirits.
shareverbUS /ʃer/
have in common
From this reading SHROVETIDE had come, and the Prince had, before leaving Trapani, been taking some share in the entertainments of the Carnival.
SHROVETIDEnoun
immediately preceding Lent
From this reading SHROVETIDE had come, and the Prince had, before leaving Trapani, been taking some share in the entertainments of the Carnival.
sinounUS /siː/
a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
sola
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From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
someadjectiveUS /sʌm/
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading SHROVETIDE had come, and the Prince had, before leaving Trapani, been taking some share in the entertainments of the Carnival.
spiritsnounUS /ˈspɪrɪts/
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
From this reading Personally, his grave reserve made gaieties distasteful to him; and the disastrous commencement of the Crusade weighed on his spirits.
su
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From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
takingnounUS /ˈteɪkɪŋ/
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading SHROVETIDE had come, and the Prince had, before leaving Trapani, been taking some share in the entertainments of the Carnival.
Tamigi
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From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SHROVETIDE had come, and the Prince had, before leaving Trapani, been taking some share in the entertainments of the Carnival.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Personally, his grave reserve made gaieties distasteful to him; and the disastrous commencement of the Crusade weighed on his spirits.
Trapani
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From this reading SHROVETIDE had come, and the Prince had, before leaving Trapani, been taking some share in the entertainments of the Carnival.
unnounUS /ʌn/
an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
WEDNESDAYnounUS /ˈwenzdi/
the fourth day of the week; the third working day
From this reading ASH WEDNESDAY “Mostrocci un ombra da l’ un canto sola Dicendo ‘Colui feese in grembo a Dio Lo cuor che’n su Tamigi ancor si cola.’”
weighedverbUS /weɪd/
past form of “weigh” — have a certain weight
From this reading Personally, his grave reserve made gaieties distasteful to him; and the disastrous commencement of the Crusade weighed on his spirits.
