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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
all
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
Angry
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From this reading Jealous of the smallest cover, Angry at the simplest door; Well, you anxious, inquisitive lover, Are you pleased with what's in store?
anxious
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From this reading Jealous of the smallest cover, Angry at the simplest door; Well, you anxious, inquisitive lover, Are you pleased with what's in store?
AREauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
B
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
beauty
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From this reading Over every single beauty You have had your little rapture; You have slain, as was your duty, Every sin-mouse you could capture.
capture
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From this reading Over every single beauty You have had your little rapture; You have slain, as was your duty, Every sin-mouse you could capture.
chambers
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From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
chatelaine
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Over every single beauty You have had your little rapture; You have slain, as was your duty, Every sin-mouse you could capture.
cover
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From this reading Jealous of the smallest cover, Angry at the simplest door; Well, you anxious, inquisitive lover, Are you pleased with what's in store?
curiously
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From this reading You have fingered all my treasures, Have you not, most curiously, Handled all my tools and measures And masculine machinery?
DEDICATED
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
door
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From this reading Jealous of the smallest cover, Angry at the simplest door; Well, you anxious, inquisitive lover, Are you pleased with what's in store?
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading Over every single beauty You have had your little rapture; You have slain, as was your duty, Every sin-mouse you could capture.
enter
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Over every single beauty You have had your little rapture; You have slain, as was your duty, Every sin-mouse you could capture.
fingered
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From this reading You have fingered all my treasures, Have you not, most curiously, Handled all my tools and measures And masculine machinery?
GENEROUS
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
give
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
go
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
GRATEFULLY
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Over every single beauty You have had your little rapture; You have slain, as was your duty, Every sin-mouse you could capture.
Handled
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From this reading You have fingered all my treasures, Have you not, most curiously, Handled all my tools and measures And masculine machinery?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have fingered all my treasures, Have you not, most curiously, Handled all my tools and measures And masculine machinery?
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
HERdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
housekeeping
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From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
How
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From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
Huebsch
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
INDEPENDENT
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
inquisitive
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From this reading Jealous of the smallest cover, Angry at the simplest door; Well, you anxious, inquisitive lover, Are you pleased with what's in store?
Jealous
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From this reading Jealous of the smallest cover, Angry at the simplest door; Well, you anxious, inquisitive lover, Are you pleased with what's in store?
jingling
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From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
keys
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
laugh
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From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Over every single beauty You have had your little rapture; You have slain, as was your duty, Every sin-mouse you could capture.
lover
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From this reading Jealous of the smallest cover, Angry at the simplest door; Well, you anxious, inquisitive lover, Are you pleased with what's in store?
machinery
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From this reading You have fingered all my treasures, Have you not, most curiously, Handled all my tools and measures And masculine machinery?
masculine
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From this reading You have fingered all my treasures, Have you not, most curiously, Handled all my tools and measures And masculine machinery?
measures
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From this reading You have fingered all my treasures, Have you not, most curiously, Handled all my tools and measures And masculine machinery?
most
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From this reading You have fingered all my treasures, Have you not, most curiously, Handled all my tools and measures And masculine machinery?
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
New
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You have fingered all my treasures, Have you not, most curiously, Handled all my tools and measures And masculine machinery?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Over every single beauty You have had your little rapture; You have slain, as was your duty, Every sin-mouse you could capture.
please
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
pleasednounUS /ˈpleased/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Jealous of the smallest cover, Angry at the simplest door; Well, you anxious, inquisitive lover, Are you pleased with what's in store?
POEMS
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
rapture
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From this reading Over every single beauty You have had your little rapture; You have slain, as was your duty, Every sin-mouse you could capture.
role
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From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
simplest
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From this reading Jealous of the smallest cover, Angry at the simplest door; Well, you anxious, inquisitive lover, Are you pleased with what's in store?
sin-mouse
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From this reading Over every single beauty You have had your little rapture; You have slain, as was your duty, Every sin-mouse you could capture.
single
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From this reading Over every single beauty You have had your little rapture; You have slain, as was your duty, Every sin-mouse you could capture.
sit
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From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
slain
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From this reading Over every single beauty You have had your little rapture; You have slain, as was your duty, Every sin-mouse you could capture.
smallest
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From this reading Jealous of the smallest cover, Angry at the simplest door; Well, you anxious, inquisitive lover, Are you pleased with what's in store?
soul
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From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
store
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From this reading Jealous of the smallest cover, Angry at the simplest door; Well, you anxious, inquisitive lover, Are you pleased with what's in store?
SYMPATHY
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
THESEdeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
tools
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From this reading You have fingered all my treasures, Have you not, most curiously, Handled all my tools and measures And masculine machinery?
treasures
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From this reading You have fingered all my treasures, Have you not, most curiously, Handled all my tools and measures And masculine machinery?
UNDERSTANDING
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
vain
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From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
W
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Over every single beauty You have had your little rapture; You have slain, as was your duty, Every sin-mouse you could capture.
Well
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From this reading Jealous of the smallest cover, Angry at the simplest door; Well, you anxious, inquisitive lover, Are you pleased with what's in store?
what's
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From this reading Jealous of the smallest cover, Angry at the simplest door; Well, you anxious, inquisitive lover, Are you pleased with what's in store?
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
WILLmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Jealous of the smallest cover, Angry at the simplest door; Well, you anxious, inquisitive lover, Are you pleased with what's in store?
York
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From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading New York B. W. Huebsch AND INDEPENDENT SYMPATHY AND HER GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING THESE POEMS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED I WILL give you all my keys, You shall be my chatelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When I hear you jingling through All the chambers of my soul, How I sit and laugh at you In your vain housekeeping role.
