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all
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From this reading [Picture: Two young girls] “For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks?
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For I hear you at your play; And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Ye open the Eastern windows, That look towards the sun, Where thoughts are singing swallows, And the brooks of morning run.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For I hear you at your play; And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away.
away
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From this reading For I hear you at your play; And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away.
ballads
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From this reading “Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.”
better
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From this reading “Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.”
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading [Picture: Two young girls] “For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks?
brooks
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From this reading “Ye open the Eastern windows, That look towards the sun, Where thoughts are singing swallows, And the brooks of morning run.
caresses
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From this reading [Picture: Two young girls] “For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks?
children
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From this reading “Come to me, O ye children!
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come to me, O ye children!
compared
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From this reading [Picture: Two young girls] “For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks?
contrivings
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From this reading [Picture: Two young girls] “For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks?
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.”
Eastern
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From this reading “Ye open the Eastern windows, That look towards the sun, Where thoughts are singing swallows, And the brooks of morning run.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.”
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For I hear you at your play; And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away.
girls
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From this reading [Picture: Two young girls] “For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks?
gladness
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From this reading [Picture: Two young girls] “For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks?
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For I hear you at your play; And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For I hear you at your play; And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For I hear you at your play; And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away.
living
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From this reading “Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.”
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ye open the Eastern windows, That look towards the sun, Where thoughts are singing swallows, And the brooks of morning run.
looks
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From this reading [Picture: Two young girls] “For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks?
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Come to me, O ye children!
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ye open the Eastern windows, That look towards the sun, Where thoughts are singing swallows, And the brooks of morning run.
O
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From this reading “Come to me, O ye children!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Ye open the Eastern windows, That look towards the sun, Where thoughts are singing swallows, And the brooks of morning run.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “Ye open the Eastern windows, That look towards the sun, Where thoughts are singing swallows, And the brooks of morning run.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.”
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading [Picture: Two young girls] “For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks?
perplexed
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From this reading For I hear you at your play; And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away.
Picture
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From this reading [Picture: Two young girls] “For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks?
play
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From this reading For I hear you at your play; And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away.
poems
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From this reading “Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.”
questions
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From this reading For I hear you at your play; And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For I hear you at your play; And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.”
run
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From this reading “Ye open the Eastern windows, That look towards the sun, Where thoughts are singing swallows, And the brooks of morning run.
said
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From this reading “Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.”
singing
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From this reading “Ye open the Eastern windows, That look towards the sun, Where thoughts are singing swallows, And the brooks of morning run.
sun
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From this reading “Ye open the Eastern windows, That look towards the sun, Where thoughts are singing swallows, And the brooks of morning run.
sung
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From this reading “Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.”
swallows
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From this reading “Ye open the Eastern windows, That look towards the sun, Where thoughts are singing swallows, And the brooks of morning run.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For I hear you at your play; And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For I hear you at your play; And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away.
thoughts
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From this reading “Ye open the Eastern windows, That look towards the sun, Where thoughts are singing swallows, And the brooks of morning run.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Come to me, O ye children!
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading “Ye open the Eastern windows, That look towards the sun, Where thoughts are singing swallows, And the brooks of morning run.
Two
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From this reading [Picture: Two young girls] “For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks?
vanished
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From this reading For I hear you at your play; And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.”
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading [Picture: Two young girls] “For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks?
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading [Picture: Two young girls] “For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks?
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading “Ye open the Eastern windows, That look towards the sun, Where thoughts are singing swallows, And the brooks of morning run.
windows
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From this reading “Ye open the Eastern windows, That look towards the sun, Where thoughts are singing swallows, And the brooks of morning run.
wisdom
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From this reading [Picture: Two young girls] “For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading [Picture: Two young girls] “For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks?
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading “Come to me, O ye children!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading For I hear you at your play; And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away.
young
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From this reading [Picture: Two young girls] “For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks?
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading For I hear you at your play; And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away.
