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A Danish Parsonage
A Danish Parsonage

Chapter XXIII

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"Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.
Of golden sands and crystal brooks.
With silken lines and silver hooks."
_The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.
She saw he was benefited by the cruise in the yacht, and was in good spirits.
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A Danish Parsonage

Chapter XXIII

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.
Line 2
Of golden sands and crystal brooks.
Line 3
With silken lines and silver hooks."
Line 4
_The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.
Line 5
She saw he was benefited by the cruise in the yacht, and was in good spirits.

Learner Dictionary

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

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.”

Complete noun US /complete/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.”

Cruise noun US /kruːz/

a journey by sea for a particular purpose

From this reading “She saw he was benefited by the cruise in the yacht, and was in good spirits.”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “She saw he was benefited by the cruise in the yacht, and was in good spirits.”

Silver noun US /silver/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “With silken lines and silver hooks."”

All words in this reading · 48

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affection

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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading "Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.

Angler

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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

arrived

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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading "Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.

benefited

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From this reading She saw he was benefited by the cruise in the yacht, and was in good spirits.

brooks

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From this reading Of golden sands and crystal brooks.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

ComenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.

CompletenounUS /complete/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

cruisenounUS /kruːz/

a journey by sea for a particular purpose

From this reading She saw he was benefited by the cruise in the yacht, and was in good spirits.

crystal

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From this reading Of golden sands and crystal brooks.

daughter

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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

golden

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From this reading Of golden sands and crystal brooks.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading She saw he was benefited by the cruise in the yacht, and was in good spirits.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

hooks

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From this reading With silken lines and silver hooks."

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading She saw he was benefited by the cruise in the yacht, and was in good spirits.

Lindal

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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

lines

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From this reading With silken lines and silver hooks."

live

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From this reading "Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.

love

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From this reading "Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.

much

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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.

new

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From this reading "Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.

OfprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Of golden sands and crystal brooks.

parsonage

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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

Pastor

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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

pleasures

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From this reading "Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.

prove

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From this reading "Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.

received

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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

sands

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From this reading Of golden sands and crystal brooks.

saw

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From this reading She saw he was benefited by the cruise in the yacht, and was in good spirits.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She saw he was benefited by the cruise in the yacht, and was in good spirits.

silken

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From this reading With silken lines and silver hooks."

silver

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From this reading With silken lines and silver hooks."

some

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From this reading "Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.

spirits

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From this reading She saw he was benefited by the cruise in the yacht, and was in good spirits.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.

WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading _The Complete Angler._ When Pastor Lindal arrived at his parsonage, he was received by his daughter with much affection.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading "Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading "Come, live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove.

yacht

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From this reading She saw he was benefited by the cruise in the yacht, and was in good spirits.