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Chapter IV
* * * * * THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH ROME, 15-- Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity! Draw round my bed: is Anselm keeping back? Nephews--sons mine ... ah God, I know not! Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since. And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.
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next to; at the side of
From this reading “Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.”
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading “And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nephews--sons mine ... ah God, I know not!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Nephews--sons mine ... ah God, I know not!”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.”
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.”
from that place or that time
From this reading “And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.”
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From this reading * * * * * THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH ROME, 15-- Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity!
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From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.
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From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
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From this reading Nephews--sons mine ... ah God, I know not!
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
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From this reading Draw round my bed: is Anselm keeping back?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading * * * * * THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH ROME, 15-- Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity!
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From this reading Draw round my bed: is Anselm keeping back?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
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From this reading Draw round my bed: is Anselm keeping back?
next to; at the side of
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH ROME, 15-- Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH ROME, 15-- Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
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From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
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From this reading And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.
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From this reading And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Draw round my bed: is Anselm keeping back?
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
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From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
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From this reading Nephews--sons mine ... ah God, I know not!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading * * * * * THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH ROME, 15-- Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Nephews--sons mine ... ah God, I know not!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Draw round my bed: is Anselm keeping back?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Draw round my bed: is Anselm keeping back?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nephews--sons mine ... ah God, I know not!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Nephews--sons mine ... ah God, I know not!
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From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Draw round my bed: is Anselm keeping back?
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From this reading Nephews--sons mine ... ah God, I know not!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Nephews--sons mine ... ah God, I know not!
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From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
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From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH ROME, 15-- Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity!
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.
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From this reading And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH ROME, 15-- Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH ROME, 15-- Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH ROME, 15-- Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Draw round my bed: is Anselm keeping back?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH ROME, 15-- Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH ROME, 15-- Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nephews--sons mine ... ah God, I know not!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading * * * * * THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH ROME, 15-- Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity!
from that place or that time
From this reading And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH ROME, 15-- Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH ROME, 15-- Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.
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From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading And as she died so must we die ourselves, And thence ye may perceive the world's a dream.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, She, men would have to be your mother once, Old Gandolf deg. envied me, so fair she was! deg.5 What's done is done, and she is dead beside, Dead long ago, and I am Bishop since.
