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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 In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
all
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From this reading But in all their dramatic poetry of this nature they never surpassed that of the English poet.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
bear
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From this reading A gently touching element is introduced into this moving play when the two brothers bear her forth and sing over her bier.
bier
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From this reading A gently touching element is introduced into this moving play when the two brothers bear her forth and sing over her bier.
boy
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From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
brotherly
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From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
brothers
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From this reading A gently touching element is introduced into this moving play when the two brothers bear her forth and sing over her bier.
bud
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But in all their dramatic poetry of this nature they never surpassed that of the English poet.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
charmingly
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
companionship
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
demands
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From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
destroyed
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
disguised
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From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
dramatic
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From this reading But in all their dramatic poetry of this nature they never surpassed that of the English poet.
drunk
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
dwell
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
element
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From this reading A gently touching element is introduced into this moving play when the two brothers bear her forth and sing over her bier.
English
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From this reading But in all their dramatic poetry of this nature they never surpassed that of the English poet.
entered
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From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
episode
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From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
erotic
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From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
forth
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From this reading A gently touching element is introduced into this moving play when the two brothers bear her forth and sing over her bier.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
gently
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From this reading A gently touching element is introduced into this moving play when the two brothers bear her forth and sing over her bier.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A gently touching element is introduced into this moving play when the two brothers bear her forth and sing over her bier.
high-minded
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
idyl
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From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
imagination
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From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
immediately
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From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
Imogen
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
instead
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From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A gently touching element is introduced into this moving play when the two brothers bear her forth and sing over her bier.
introduced
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From this reading A gently touching element is introduced into this moving play when the two brothers bear her forth and sing over her bier.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
Latin
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From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
lies
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
love
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From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
lover's
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From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
made
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From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
moving
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From this reading A gently touching element is introduced into this moving play when the two brothers bear her forth and sing over her bier.
narcotic
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
nature
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From this reading But in all their dramatic poetry of this nature they never surpassed that of the English poet.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But in all their dramatic poetry of this nature they never surpassed that of the English poet.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
offered
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From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A gently touching element is introduced into this moving play when the two brothers bear her forth and sing over her bier.
own
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From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
passion
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From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
period
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From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
physician
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
play
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From this reading A gently touching element is introduced into this moving play when the two brothers bear her forth and sing over her bier.
poet
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From this reading But in all their dramatic poetry of this nature they never surpassed that of the English poet.
poetry
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From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
poison
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
portrayedverbUS /pɔːrˈtreɪd/
showed or described something in a particular way
From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
queen
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
races
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From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
realm
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From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
refrained
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From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
seized
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From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
Shakespeare
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From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
sing
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From this reading A gently touching element is introduced into this moving play when the two brothers bear her forth and sing over her bier.
sister
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From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
strong-natured
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
supplied
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
surpassed
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From this reading But in all their dramatic poetry of this nature they never surpassed that of the English poet.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But in all their dramatic poetry of this nature they never surpassed that of the English poet.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But in all their dramatic poetry of this nature they never surpassed that of the English poet.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
together
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
touching
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From this reading A gently touching element is introduced into this moving play when the two brothers bear her forth and sing over her bier.
two
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
unconscious
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From this reading He refrained entirely from the erotic in this idyl, and instead of the demands of a lover's passion, he portrayed unconscious brotherly love offered to a sister disguised as a boy.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In this episode, and throughout this last period of his poetry, Shakespeare entered a realm which the imagination of the Latin races immediately seized upon and made their own.
youths
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From this reading Imogen and the two strong-natured, high-minded youths dwell charmingly together, but their companionship is destroyed in the bud when Imogen, after having drunk the narcotic supplied by the physician to the queen instead of poison, lies as one dead.
