Chapter XIV
“—I’ll give thee a wind. “—Thou art kind. “—And I another “—I myself have all the other.” Macbeth. The cloud above the mouth of the Raritan had not risen.
The Water-Witch
Chapter XIV
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“—I’ll
give
thee
a
wind.
“—Thou
art
kind.
“—And
I
another
“—I
myself
have
all
the
other.”
Macbeth.
The
cloud
above
the
mouth
of
the
Raritan
had
not
risen.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“—I’ll
give
thee
a
wind.
Line 2
“—Thou
art
kind.
Line 3
“—And
I
another
“—I
myself
have
all
the
other.”
Line 4
Macbeth.
Line 5
The
cloud
above
the
mouth
of
the
Raritan
had
not
risen.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Above
preposition
US /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading “The cloud above the mouth of the Raritan had not risen.”
Another
noun
US /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““—And I another “—I myself have all the other.””
Art
auxiliary verb
US /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading ““—Thou art kind.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““—And I another “—I myself have all the other.””
Myself
pronoun
US /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading ““—And I another “—I myself have all the other.””
Thee
pronoun
US /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading ““—I’ll give thee a wind.”
Thou
pronoun
US /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading ““—Thou art kind.”
Wind
noun
US /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““—I’ll give thee a wind.”
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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 “—I’ll give thee a wind.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The cloud above the mouth of the Raritan had not risen.
all
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From this reading “—And I another “—I myself have all the other.”
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “—And I another “—I myself have all the other.”
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “—And I another “—I myself have all the other.”
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “—Thou art kind.
cloud
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From this reading The cloud above the mouth of the Raritan had not risen.
give
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From this reading “—I’ll give thee a wind.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The cloud above the mouth of the Raritan had not risen.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “—And I another “—I myself have all the other.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “—And I another “—I myself have all the other.”
I'll
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From this reading “—I’ll give thee a wind.
kind
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From this reading “—Thou art kind.
Macbeth
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From this reading Macbeth.
mouth
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From this reading The cloud above the mouth of the Raritan had not risen.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “—And I another “—I myself have all the other.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The cloud above the mouth of the Raritan had not risen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The cloud above the mouth of the Raritan had not risen.
other
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From this reading “—And I another “—I myself have all the other.”
Raritan
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From this reading The cloud above the mouth of the Raritan had not risen.
risen
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From this reading The cloud above the mouth of the Raritan had not risen.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “—And I another “—I myself have all the other.”
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “—I’ll give thee a wind.
ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “—Thou art kind.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “—I’ll give thee a wind.