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Chapter XXXV · V

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Van seco pur anco Sdegno ed Amor, quasi due Veltri al fianco.
“Ger.
Lib.” cant. xx. cxvii.
(There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)
Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.
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Chapter XXXV · V

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Van seco pur anco Sdegno ed Amor, quasi due Veltri al fianco.
Line 2
“Ger.
Line 3
Lib.” cant. xx. cxvii.
Line 4
(There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)
Line 5
Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.

Learner Dictionary

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

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “(There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)”

Went noun US /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “(There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)”

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al

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From this reading Van seco pur anco Sdegno ed Amor, quasi due Veltri al fianco.

Amor

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From this reading Van seco pur anco Sdegno ed Amor, quasi due Veltri al fianco.

anco

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From this reading Van seco pur anco Sdegno ed Amor, quasi due Veltri al fianco.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading (There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)

angle

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From this reading Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading (There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)

cant

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From this reading Lib.” cant. xx. cxvii.

crouching

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From this reading Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.

cxvii

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From this reading Lib.” cant. xx. cxvii.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.

Disdain

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From this reading (There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)

due

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From this reading Van seco pur anco Sdegno ed Amor, quasi due Veltri al fianco.

ed

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From this reading Van seco pur anco Sdegno ed Amor, quasi due Veltri al fianco.

fianco

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From this reading Van seco pur anco Sdegno ed Amor, quasi due Veltri al fianco.

forms

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From this reading Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.

Ger

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From this reading “Ger.

Glyndon

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From this reading Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.

greyhounds

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From this reading (There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading (There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)

house

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From this reading Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.

hurried

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From this reading Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.

Lib

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From this reading Lib.” cant. xx. cxvii.

like

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From this reading (There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)

Love

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From this reading (There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.

perceive

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From this reading Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.

pur

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From this reading Van seco pur anco Sdegno ed Amor, quasi due Veltri al fianco.

quasi

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From this reading Van seco pur anco Sdegno ed Amor, quasi due Veltri al fianco.

Sdegno

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From this reading Van seco pur anco Sdegno ed Amor, quasi due Veltri al fianco.

seco

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From this reading Van seco pur anco Sdegno ed Amor, quasi due Veltri al fianco.

side

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From this reading (There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)

stillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading (There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.

There

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From this reading (There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)

two

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From this reading (There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)

Van

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From this reading Van seco pur anco Sdegno ed Amor, quasi due Veltri al fianco.

Veltri

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From this reading Van seco pur anco Sdegno ed Amor, quasi due Veltri al fianco.

wall

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From this reading Glyndon did not perceive, as he hurried from the house, two forms crouching by the angle of the wall.

wentnounUS /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading (There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading (There went with him still Disdain and Love, like two greyhounds side by side.)

xx

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From this reading Lib.” cant. xx. cxvii.