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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
adapting
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ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading The various tales contained in the ancient sagas are so seemingly contradictory that anything connectedly authoritative appears impossible to trace.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading The various tales contained in the ancient sagas are so seemingly contradictory that anything connectedly authoritative appears impossible to trace.
appears
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From this reading The various tales contained in the ancient sagas are so seemingly contradictory that anything connectedly authoritative appears impossible to trace.
appropriate
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From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But there are so many different versions of these old stories that it is very difficult to trace Wagner’s plot to its original birthplace.
arranged
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
authoritative
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From this reading The various tales contained in the ancient sagas are so seemingly contradictory that anything connectedly authoritative appears impossible to trace.
birthplace
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From this reading But there are so many different versions of these old stories that it is very difficult to trace Wagner’s plot to its original birthplace.
BOOK
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
built
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From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there are so many different versions of these old stories that it is very difficult to trace Wagner’s plot to its original birthplace.
chose
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colossal
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From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
connectedly
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considered
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consistency
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From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
contained
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From this reading The various tales contained in the ancient sagas are so seemingly contradictory that anything connectedly authoritative appears impossible to trace.
contains
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
contradictory
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From this reading The various tales contained in the ancient sagas are so seemingly contradictory that anything connectedly authoritative appears impossible to trace.
Cycle
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From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
DAUGHTER
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
Dedicated
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
different
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From this reading But there are so many different versions of these old stories that it is very difficult to trace Wagner’s plot to its original birthplace.
difficult
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From this reading But there are so many different versions of these old stories that it is very difficult to trace Wagner’s plot to its original birthplace.
ENCOURAGEMENT
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
EVA
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evident
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From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
foundation
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From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
four
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
fragmentary
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From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
GRATITUDE
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
great
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From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
HEARTFELT
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
HERdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
impossible
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From this reading The various tales contained in the ancient sagas are so seemingly contradictory that anything connectedly authoritative appears impossible to trace.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The various tales contained in the ancient sagas are so seemingly contradictory that anything connectedly authoritative appears impossible to trace.
incidents
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From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
Isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But there are so many different versions of these old stories that it is very difficult to trace Wagner’s plot to its original birthplace.
KINDNESS
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
like
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many
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From this reading But there are so many different versions of these old stories that it is very difficult to trace Wagner’s plot to its original birthplace.
MASTER'S
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
masterly
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From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
material
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Morris
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most
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From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
mythological
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myths
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From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
Nibelungen
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
number
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From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
old
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From this reading But there are so many different versions of these old stories that it is very difficult to trace Wagner’s plot to its original birthplace.
operas
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
original
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From this reading But there are so many different versions of these old stories that it is very difficult to trace Wagner’s plot to its original birthplace.
other
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people
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
plot
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PREFACE
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purpose
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From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
Rhinegold
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Richard
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
Ring
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
sagas
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From this reading The various tales contained in the ancient sagas are so seemingly contradictory that anything connectedly authoritative appears impossible to trace.
seemingly
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From this reading The various tales contained in the ancient sagas are so seemingly contradictory that anything connectedly authoritative appears impossible to trace.
serve
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From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
skill
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From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But there are so many different versions of these old stories that it is very difficult to trace Wagner’s plot to its original birthplace.
stories
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From this reading But there are so many different versions of these old stories that it is very difficult to trace Wagner’s plot to its original birthplace.
Story
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
taken
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tales
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From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
Teutonic
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From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
there
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From this reading But there are so many different versions of these old stories that it is very difficult to trace Wagner’s plot to its original birthplace.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But there are so many different versions of these old stories that it is very difficult to trace Wagner’s plot to its original birthplace.
THISdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
together
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From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
trace
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From this reading But there are so many different versions of these old stories that it is very difficult to trace Wagner’s plot to its original birthplace.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
various
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From this reading The various tales contained in the ancient sagas are so seemingly contradictory that anything connectedly authoritative appears impossible to trace.
versions
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From this reading But there are so many different versions of these old stories that it is very difficult to trace Wagner’s plot to its original birthplace.
very
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From this reading But there are so many different versions of these old stories that it is very difficult to trace Wagner’s plot to its original birthplace.
WAGNER
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Wagner's
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welded
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From this reading The “Nibelungen Ring,” or “Nibelungen Cycle,” is built upon a colossal foundation: a number of the great Teutonic myths, welded together with the most masterly skill and consistency.
William
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WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
work
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From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It is evident that Wagner, like William Morris and other writers, has taken from the fragmentary mythological tales such material as would serve his purpose, adapting such incidents as he chose and as he considered appropriate to his work.
writers
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young
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From this reading THE MASTER’S DAUGHTER EVA WAGNER WITH HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THIS BOOK Is Dedicated PREFACE _The Story of the Rhinegold_ contains the four operas of Richard Wagner’s “Nibelungen Ring,” arranged for young people.
