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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 That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
ages
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From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
birthday
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
blossom
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
bluebell-glass
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
Chartres
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
coat
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
cobbled
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
cry
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From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
curls
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
Dame
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
Dancing
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
decent
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
embroidered
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
empty
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
enough
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
evenings
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
eyes
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
father'd
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
few
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
four
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
fragrant
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
gargoyles
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
gay
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
Gifts
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From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
give
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
glad
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From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
going
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From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
grey
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
he's
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From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
heart
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
helped
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
hill
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
I'd
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
idle
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
irony
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
jade
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
Joseph's
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
Josephine's
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
kept
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
laugh
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From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
less
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
like
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
lilac-bloom
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
Louis
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
made
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
man
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From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
many
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
mermaid's
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
milky
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
Montmartre
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
Notre
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
only
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
oriflamme
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
out
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From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
pansies
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
pearls
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
piratesnounUS /ˈpirates/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
porcelains
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
rain
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
rhymes
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
river
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
roof
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
sand
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From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
sandalwood
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
Sapphires
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
sarcastic
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
seas
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
shells
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
shoes
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
sick
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
sly
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
small
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
smell
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
sonnets
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
sorrowful
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
soul
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
speech
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
St
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
steadfast
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
steal
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From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
strengthless
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
Sunsets
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
TakenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
There'd
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
there's
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From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
they're
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
things
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From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
times
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
trade
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
true
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
truthfulness
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
up
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From this reading Sapphires, pirates, sandalwood, porcelains, sonnets, pearls, Sunsets gay as Joseph's coat and seas like milky jade, Dancing at your birthday like a mermaid's dancing curls --If my father'd only brought me up to half a decent trade!
water
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
wise
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
withered
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From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
words
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From this reading Nothing I can give you--nothing but the rhymes-- Nothing but the empty speech, the idle words and few, The mind made sick with irony you helped so many times, The strengthless water of the soul your truthfulness kept true.
wouldn't
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From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If I were sly, I'd steal for you that cobbled hill, Montmartre, Josephine's embroidered shoes, St. Louis' oriflamme, The river on grey evenings and the bluebell-glass of Chartres, And four sarcastic gargoyles from the roof of Notre Dame.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That wouldn't be enough, though, enough nor half a part; There'd be shells because they're sorrowful, and pansies since they're wise, The smell of rain on lilac-bloom, less fragrant than your heart, And that small blossom of your name, as steadfast as your eyes.
yourspronounUS /jʊrz/
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading Take the little withered things and neither laugh nor cry --Gifts to make a sick man glad he's going out like sand-- They and I are yours, you know, as long as there's an I. Take them for the ages.
