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Daireen. Complete
Daireen. Complete

Chapter VI

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What imports this song?
The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.
There; my blessing with thee.
Hamlet.
I do not set my life at a pin's fee...
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Daireen. Complete

Chapter VI

Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
What imports this song?
Line 2
The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.
Line 3
There; my blessing with thee.
Line 4
Hamlet.
Line 5
I do not set my life at a pin's fee...

Learner Dictionary

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

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I do not set my life at a pin's fee...”

Sail noun US /sail/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.”

Thee pronoun US /ðiː/

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

From this reading “There; my blessing with thee.”

Wind noun US /wind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.”

All words in this reading · 32

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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 I do not set my life at a pin's fee...

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading I do not set my life at a pin's fee...

blessing

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From this reading There; my blessing with thee.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading I do not set my life at a pin's fee...

fee

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From this reading I do not set my life at a pin's fee...

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.

Hamlet

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From this reading Hamlet.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I do not set my life at a pin's fee...

imports

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From this reading What imports this song?

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I do not set my life at a pin's fee...

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading There; my blessing with thee.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I do not set my life at a pin's fee...

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.

pin's

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From this reading I do not set my life at a pin's fee...

sailnounUS /sail/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.

set

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From this reading I do not set my life at a pin's fee...

shoulder

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From this reading The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.

sits

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From this reading The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.

song

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From this reading What imports this song?

stay'd

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From this reading The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.

theepronounUS /ðiː/

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

From this reading There; my blessing with thee.

There

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From this reading There; my blessing with thee.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading What imports this song?

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading What imports this song?

windnounUS /wind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading There; my blessing with thee.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail And you are stay'd for.