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----"How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles! Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire! dreadful trade!" KING LEAR. This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
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extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading “Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire! dreadful trade!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire! dreadful trade!"”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “----"How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!”
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading “The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles!”
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From this reading The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ----"How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles!
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From this reading The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles!
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From this reading The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles!
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From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
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From this reading ----"How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!
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From this reading Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire! dreadful trade!"
extremely frightening or unpleasant
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From this reading ----"How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!
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From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
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From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
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From this reading ----"How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!
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From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
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From this reading Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire! dreadful trade!"
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From this reading The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire! dreadful trade!"
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From this reading Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire! dreadful trade!"
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
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From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
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From this reading ----"How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!
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From this reading KING LEAR.
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From this reading KING LEAR.
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From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
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From this reading ----"How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!
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From this reading The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire! dreadful trade!"
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From this reading ----"How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!
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From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
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From this reading Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire! dreadful trade!"
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles!
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From this reading The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles!
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From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ----"How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!
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From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
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From this reading ----"How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ----"How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!
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From this reading Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire! dreadful trade!"
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
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From this reading The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles!
in the company of; together with
From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
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From this reading This digression on the family of Wychecombe has led us far from the signal-station, the head-land, and the fog, with which the tale opened.
