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As We Sweep Through The Deep
As We Sweep Through The Deep

Chapter VII

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"WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."
"They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?
In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."
THOM, _the Inverury Poet_.
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As We Sweep Through The Deep

Chapter VII

Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."
Line 2
"They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?
Line 3
In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
Line 4
I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."
Line 5
THOM, _the Inverury Poet_.

Learner Dictionary

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

Ever noun US /ever/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.”

WENT noun US /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."”

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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 "WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."

AndeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

AWAY

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From this reading "WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."

aye

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From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?

BEAUTIFUL

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From this reading "WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."

bid

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From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?

blue

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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?

canna

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From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."

evernounUS /ever/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

feel

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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

fell

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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

forget

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From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?

frosty

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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

frown

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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

GHOST

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From this reading "WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."

GLIDING

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From this reading "WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?

how

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From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?

hue

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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

I've

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From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

Inverury

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From this reading THOM, _the Inverury Poet_.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?

ken

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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

kindness

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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

lang

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From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."

lift's

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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

LIKE

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From this reading "WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."

liket

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From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."

lily's

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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?

oh

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From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

Poet

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From this reading THOM, _the Inverury Poet_.

saft

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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

scorn

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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

she's

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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

smile

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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?

THOM

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From this reading THOM, _the Inverury Poet_.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."

try

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From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."

weel

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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

WENTnounUS /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."

wi

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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."