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action
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From this reading All eyes followed her strange action, as she knelt beside the chair and took the wasted hand of its occupant in her own.
AFTERprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading AFTER THE HOLY WEDDING.
All
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From this reading All eyes followed her strange action, as she knelt beside the chair and took the wasted hand of its occupant in her own.
ancestress
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From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The bride rose from her knee And she kissed the lips of her mother dead Or ever she kissed me.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading All eyes followed her strange action, as she knelt beside the chair and took the wasted hand of its occupant in her own.
B
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From this reading --E. B. BROWNING.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
benediction
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From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading All eyes followed her strange action, as she knelt beside the chair and took the wasted hand of its occupant in her own.
bride
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From this reading The bride rose from her knee And she kissed the lips of her mother dead Or ever she kissed me.
bridegroom's
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From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
BROWNING
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From this reading --E. B. BROWNING.
chair
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From this reading All eyes followed her strange action, as she knelt beside the chair and took the wasted hand of its occupant in her own.
dead
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From this reading The bride rose from her knee And she kissed the lips of her mother dead Or ever she kissed me.
E
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From this reading --E. B. BROWNING.
easy-chair
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From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
ever
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From this reading The bride rose from her knee And she kissed the lips of her mother dead Or ever she kissed me.
eyes
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From this reading All eyes followed her strange action, as she knelt beside the chair and took the wasted hand of its occupant in her own.
fair
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From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
followed
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From this reading All eyes followed her strange action, as she knelt beside the chair and took the wasted hand of its occupant in her own.
form
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From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The bride rose from her knee And she kissed the lips of her mother dead Or ever she kissed me.
hand
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From this reading All eyes followed her strange action, as she knelt beside the chair and took the wasted hand of its occupant in her own.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The bride rose from her knee And she kissed the lips of her mother dead Or ever she kissed me.
HOLY
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From this reading AFTER THE HOLY WEDDING.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All eyes followed her strange action, as she knelt beside the chair and took the wasted hand of its occupant in her own.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading All eyes followed her strange action, as she knelt beside the chair and took the wasted hand of its occupant in her own.
kissed
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From this reading The bride rose from her knee And she kissed the lips of her mother dead Or ever she kissed me.
knee
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From this reading The bride rose from her knee And she kissed the lips of her mother dead Or ever she kissed me.
knelt
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From this reading All eyes followed her strange action, as she knelt beside the chair and took the wasted hand of its occupant in her own.
lay
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From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
left
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From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
lips
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From this reading The bride rose from her knee And she kissed the lips of her mother dead Or ever she kissed me.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The bride rose from her knee And she kissed the lips of her mother dead Or ever she kissed me.
mother
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From this reading The bride rose from her knee And she kissed the lips of her mother dead Or ever she kissed me.
moved
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From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
occupant
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From this reading All eyes followed her strange action, as she knelt beside the chair and took the wasted hand of its occupant in her own.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The bride rose from her knee And she kissed the lips of her mother dead Or ever she kissed me.
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The bride rose from her knee And she kissed the lips of her mother dead Or ever she kissed me.
own
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From this reading All eyes followed her strange action, as she knelt beside the chair and took the wasted hand of its occupant in her own.
reclining
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From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
rose
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From this reading The bride rose from her knee And she kissed the lips of her mother dead Or ever she kissed me.
scarcely
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From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The bride rose from her knee And she kissed the lips of her mother dead Or ever she kissed me.
side
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From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
softly
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From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
spoken
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From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
strange
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From this reading All eyes followed her strange action, as she knelt beside the chair and took the wasted hand of its occupant in her own.
swiftly
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From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AFTER THE HOLY WEDDING.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
took
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From this reading All eyes followed her strange action, as she knelt beside the chair and took the wasted hand of its occupant in her own.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
wasted
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From this reading All eyes followed her strange action, as she knelt beside the chair and took the wasted hand of its occupant in her own.
WEDDING
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From this reading AFTER THE HOLY WEDDING.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The benediction was scarcely spoken before the fair bride left her bridegroom's side and moved softly and swiftly to the side of the easy-chair, where the form of her ancestress lay reclining.
