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Two on a Tower
Two on a Tower

Chapter I

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BY THOMAS HARDY.
'Ah, my heart! her eyes and she Have taught thee new astrology.
Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'
CRASHAW: _Love's Horoscope_.
WITH A MAP OF WESSEX.
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Two on a Tower

Chapter I

Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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BY THOMAS HARDY.
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'Ah, my heart! her eyes and she Have taught thee new astrology.
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Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'
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CRASHAW: _Love's Horoscope_.
Line 5
WITH A MAP OF WESSEX.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “'Ah, my heart! her eyes and she Have taught thee new astrology.”

Poor noun US /poor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'”

Thee pronoun US /ðiː/

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading “'Ah, my heart! her eyes and she Have taught thee new astrology.”

Whatever determiner US /ˌwʌˈtevər/

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading “Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'”

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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 WITH A MAP OF WESSEX.

Ah

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From this reading 'Ah, my heart! her eyes and she Have taught thee new astrology.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading 'Ah, my heart! her eyes and she Have taught thee new astrology.

astrology

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From this reading 'Ah, my heart! her eyes and she Have taught thee new astrology.

BYprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading BY THOMAS HARDY.

CRASHAW

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From this reading CRASHAW: _Love's Horoscope_.

die

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From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

eye

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From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

eyes

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From this reading 'Ah, my heart! her eyes and she Have taught thee new astrology.

HARDY

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From this reading BY THOMAS HARDY.

Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading 'Ah, my heart! her eyes and she Have taught thee new astrology.

heart

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From this reading 'Ah, my heart! her eyes and she Have taught thee new astrology.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading 'Ah, my heart! her eyes and she Have taught thee new astrology.

Horoscope

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From this reading CRASHAW: _Love's Horoscope_.

hours

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From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

Howe'er

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From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

live

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From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

Love

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From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

Love's

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From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

MAP

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From this reading WITH A MAP OF WESSEX.

mercy

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From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

met

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From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading 'Ah, my heart! her eyes and she Have taught thee new astrology.

native

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From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

new

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From this reading 'Ah, my heart! her eyes and she Have taught thee new astrology.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

poornounUS /poor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

set

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From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading 'Ah, my heart! her eyes and she Have taught thee new astrology.

starry

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From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

synod

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From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

taught

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From this reading 'Ah, my heart! her eyes and she Have taught thee new astrology.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

theepronounUS /ðiː/

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading 'Ah, my heart! her eyes and she Have taught thee new astrology.

THOMAS

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From this reading BY THOMAS HARDY.

Tis

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From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

WESSEX

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From this reading WITH A MAP OF WESSEX.

WhateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading Howe'er Love's native hours were set, Whatever starry synod met, 'Tis in the mercy of her eye, If poor Love shall live or die.'

WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading WITH A MAP OF WESSEX.