used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF THE DARK VALLEY.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading Not alone unkindness Rends a woman's heart; Oft through subtler piercings Wives and mothers die.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Not alone unkindness Rends a woman's heart; Oft through subtler piercings Wives and mothers die.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading O this life, how pleasant To be loved and love, Yet should love's hope wither Then to die were well.
the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
BreaksnounUS /breɪks/
plural of “break” — some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
cordnounUS /kɔːrd/
a line made of twisted fibers or threads
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF THE DARK VALLEY.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Not alone unkindness Rends a woman's heart; Oft through subtler piercings Wives and mothers die.
dothauxiliary verbUS /dɔːθ/
an old form of “does”
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
dwellverbUS /dwel/
think moodily or anxiously about something
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
fineradjectiveUS /ˈfaɪnər/
(comparative of “fine”) greater in quality or excellence
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
a quick look
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF THE DARK VALLEY.
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Not alone unkindness Rends a woman's heart; Oft through subtler piercings Wives and mothers die.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading O this life, how pleasant To be loved and love, Yet should love's hope wither Then to die were well.
how
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From this reading O this life, how pleasant To be loved and love, Yet should love's hope wither Then to die were well.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading O this life, how pleasant To be loved and love, Yet should love's hope wither Then to die were well.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
love'snounUS /lʌvz/
possessive form of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading O this life, how pleasant To be loved and love, Yet should love's hope wither Then to die were well.
held dear
From this reading O this life, how pleasant To be loved and love, Yet should love's hope wither Then to die were well.
mothersnounUS /ˈmʌðərz/
plural of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Not alone unkindness Rends a woman's heart; Oft through subtler piercings Wives and mothers die.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not alone unkindness Rends a woman's heart; Oft through subtler piercings Wives and mothers die.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O this life, how pleasant To be loved and love, Yet should love's hope wither Then to die were well.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF THE DARK VALLEY.
OftadverbUS /ɔːft/
many times at short intervals
From this reading Not alone unkindness Rends a woman's heart; Oft through subtler piercings Wives and mothers die.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading PHILIP STANHOPE WORSLEY.
piercings
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From this reading Not alone unkindness Rends a woman's heart; Oft through subtler piercings Wives and mothers die.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading O this life, how pleasant To be loved and love, Yet should love's hope wither Then to die were well.
remaineth
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From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
Rends
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From this reading Not alone unkindness Rends a woman's heart; Oft through subtler piercings Wives and mothers die.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading O this life, how pleasant To be loved and love, Yet should love's hope wither Then to die were well.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
STANHOPEnounUS /ˈstænəp/
a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat
From this reading PHILIP STANHOPE WORSLEY.
(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
subtleradjectiveUS /ˈsʌtələr/
comparative of “subtle” — difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
From this reading Not alone unkindness Rends a woman's heart; Oft through subtler piercings Wives and mothers die.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF THE DARK VALLEY.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading O this life, how pleasant To be loved and love, Yet should love's hope wither Then to die were well.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading O this life, how pleasant To be loved and love, Yet should love's hope wither Then to die were well.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Not alone unkindness Rends a woman's heart; Oft through subtler piercings Wives and mothers die.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading O this life, how pleasant To be loved and love, Yet should love's hope wither Then to die were well.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
unkindnessnoun
lack of sympathy
From this reading Not alone unkindness Rends a woman's heart; Oft through subtler piercings Wives and mothers die.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF THE DARK VALLEY.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading O this life, how pleasant To be loved and love, Yet should love's hope wither Then to die were well.
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
in or at the place that
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
witherverbUS /ˈwɪðər/
wither, as with a loss of moisture
From this reading O this life, how pleasant To be loved and love, Yet should love's hope wither Then to die were well.
plural of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Not alone unkindness Rends a woman's heart; Oft through subtler piercings Wives and mothers die.
woman'snounUS /ˈwʊmənz/
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Not alone unkindness Rends a woman's heart; Oft through subtler piercings Wives and mothers die.
WORSLEY
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From this reading PHILIP STANHOPE WORSLEY.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
but in spite of that
From this reading Though the cord of silver Never feel a strain; Though the golden language Cease not where ye dwell, Yet remaineth something Which, with its own pain, Breaks the finer bosom Whence true love doth well.
