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A Modern Buccaneer
A Modern Buccaneer

Chapter XV

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EPITHALAMIUM Our marriage day!
Oh, day of days!
Dawn of a new existence!
All nature seemed to sympathise with us in our supernal joy.
For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

A Modern Buccaneer

Chapter XV

Reading 1/69 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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EPITHALAMIUM Our marriage day!
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Oh, day of days!
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Dawn of a new existence!
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All nature seemed to sympathise with us in our supernal joy.
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For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

Learner Dictionary

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

Alone noun US /alone/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.”

Seemed noun US /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “All nature seemed to sympathise with us in our supernal joy.”

All words in this reading · 39

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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 Dawn of a new existence!

All

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From this reading All nature seemed to sympathise with us in our supernal joy.

alonenounUS /alone/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

blue

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From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

breezes

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From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

Dawn

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From this reading Dawn of a new existence!

day

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From this reading EPITHALAMIUM Our marriage day!

days

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From this reading Oh, day of days!

EPITHALAMIUM

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From this reading EPITHALAMIUM Our marriage day!

existence

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From this reading Dawn of a new existence!

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

glowed

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From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

goldingly

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From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading All nature seemed to sympathise with us in our supernal joy.

joy

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From this reading All nature seemed to sympathise with us in our supernal joy.

marriage

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From this reading EPITHALAMIUM Our marriage day!

murmured

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From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

musically

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From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

nature

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From this reading All nature seemed to sympathise with us in our supernal joy.

new

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From this reading Dawn of a new existence!

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Oh, day of days!

Oh

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From this reading Oh, day of days!

OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading EPITHALAMIUM Our marriage day!

plashed

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From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

seemednounUS /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading All nature seemed to sympathise with us in our supernal joy.

shone

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From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

sky

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From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

streamlets

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From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

sun

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From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

supernal

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From this reading All nature seemed to sympathise with us in our supernal joy.

sympathise

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From this reading All nature seemed to sympathise with us in our supernal joy.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading All nature seemed to sympathise with us in our supernal joy.

together

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From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading All nature seemed to sympathise with us in our supernal joy.

wavelets

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From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

whispered

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From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading All nature seemed to sympathise with us in our supernal joy.

world

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From this reading For us, for us alone in all the world the streamlets murmured, the breezes whispered together, the wavelets plashed musically, the blue sky glowed, the sun shone goldingly.