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Chapter IV

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Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.
IT was now the joyous month of June; and where is June so joyous as within the courts and halls of peerless Windsor?
Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?
Nowhere in the world.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Windsor Castle

Chapter IV

Reading 1/290 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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I.
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Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.
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IT was now the joyous month of June; and where is June so joyous as within the courts and halls of peerless Windsor?
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Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?
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Nowhere in the world.

Learner Dictionary

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

Between preposition US /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading “Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.”

Interrupted noun US /ˈinterrupted/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.”

Silver noun US /silver/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?”

Within preposition US /wɪˈðɪn/

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading “IT was now the joyous month of June; and where is June so joyous as within the courts and halls of peerless Windsor?”

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.

Arragon

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From this reading Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading IT was now the joyous month of June; and where is June so joyous as within the courts and halls of peerless Windsor?

belting

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.

brightly

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

broad

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

Catherine

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From this reading Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.

Chapel

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From this reading Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.

circumference

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

courts

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From this reading IT was now the joyous month of June; and where is June so joyous as within the courts and halls of peerless Windsor?

doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/

the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

gardens

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

halls

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From this reading IT was now the joyous month of June; and where is June so joyous as within the courts and halls of peerless Windsor?

Henry

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From this reading Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.

how

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From this reading Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.

interruptednounUS /ˈinterrupted/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.

Interview

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From this reading Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading IT was now the joyous month of June; and where is June so joyous as within the courts and halls of peerless Windsor?

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

joyous

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From this reading IT was now the joyous month of June; and where is June so joyous as within the courts and halls of peerless Windsor?

June

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From this reading IT was now the joyous month of June; and where is June so joyous as within the courts and halls of peerless Windsor?

matchless

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

month

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From this reading IT was now the joyous month of June; and where is June so joyous as within the courts and halls of peerless Windsor?

now

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From this reading IT was now the joyous month of June; and where is June so joyous as within the courts and halls of peerless Windsor?

Nowhere

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From this reading Nowhere in the world.

OfprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.

parks

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

peerless

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From this reading IT was now the joyous month of June; and where is June so joyous as within the courts and halls of peerless Windsor?

proud

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

regal

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

river

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

shine

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

silver

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading IT was now the joyous month of June; and where is June so joyous as within the courts and halls of peerless Windsor?

stately

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

summer

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

sun

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

terraces

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.

towers

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From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Where does the summer sun shine so brightly as upon its stately gardens and broad terraces, its matchless parks, its silver belting river and its circumference of proud and regal towers?

Urswick

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From this reading Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Of the Interview between Henry and Catherine of Arragon in the Urswick Chapel--And how it was interrupted.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading IT was now the joyous month of June; and where is June so joyous as within the courts and halls of peerless Windsor?

Windsor

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From this reading IT was now the joyous month of June; and where is June so joyous as within the courts and halls of peerless Windsor?

withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading IT was now the joyous month of June; and where is June so joyous as within the courts and halls of peerless Windsor?

world

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From this reading Nowhere in the world.