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Caleb Field
Caleb Field

Chapter X

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“Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.”
MRS.
HEMANS.
Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.
The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.
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Caleb Field

Chapter X

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

Line 1
“Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.”
Line 2
MRS.
Line 3
HEMANS.
Line 4
Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.
Line 5
The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.

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 “Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.”

Hast auxiliary verb US /hæst/

an old form of “have”, used with “thou”

From this reading ““Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.””

Morning noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.”

Returned noun US /ˈreturned/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.”

Speak noun US /speak/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.””

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading ““Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.””

Till preposition US /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading ““Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.””

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.”

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alonenounUS /alone/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.

armed

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From this reading “Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.”

better

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From this reading Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.

Caleb

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Dame

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daughter

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day

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From this reading Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.

Edith

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From this reading The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.

evening

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From this reading Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.

Field

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From this reading Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.

finished

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From this reading The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.

grief

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From this reading “Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.”

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.

hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/

an old form of “have”, used with “thou”

From this reading “Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.”

HEMANS

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From this reading HEMANS.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.

just

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From this reading The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.

labors

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From this reading The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.

meeting

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From this reading The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.

men

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From this reading “Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.”

minister

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From this reading The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.

morningnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.

MRS

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From this reading MRS.

newly

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From this reading The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading “Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.”

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.”

returnednounUS /ˈreturned/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.

Rogers's

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From this reading Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.

room

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From this reading Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.

sat

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From this reading Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.

seen

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From this reading “Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.”

Speak

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From this reading “Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.”

strange

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From this reading The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.

strenuous

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From this reading The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.

tears

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From this reading “Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.”

telling

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From this reading The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading “Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.”

thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading “Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.”

tillprepositionUS /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “Speak not of grief till thou hast seen The tears of armed men.”

UponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Upon the evening of that day, Caleb Field and his daughter sat in Dame Rogers’s better room alone.

vocation

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From this reading The minister had newly returned from the strenuous labors of his vocation, and Edith had just finished telling him of the strange meeting of the morning.