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Chapter XXXVI
To desperation turn my trust and hope. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow? I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce whereon but sipping ... he... Chaunted snatches of old tunes, As one incapable. The drink--the drink--... the foul practice Hath turned itself on me; lo, here I lie...
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The drink--the drink--... the foul practice Hath turned itself on me; lo, here I lie...”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?”
an old form of “has”
From this reading “The drink--the drink--... the foul practice Hath turned itself on me; lo, here I lie...”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce whereon but sipping ... he...”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The drink--the drink--... the foul practice Hath turned itself on me; lo, here I lie...”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Chaunted snatches of old tunes, As one incapable.”
short, incomplete pieces of speech or writing
From this reading “Chaunted snatches of old tunes, As one incapable.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce whereon but sipping ... he...
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To desperation turn my trust and hope.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
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From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce whereon but sipping ... he...
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From this reading I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce whereon but sipping ... he...
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From this reading Chaunted snatches of old tunes, As one incapable.
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From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
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From this reading To desperation turn my trust and hope.
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From this reading The drink--the drink--... the foul practice Hath turned itself on me; lo, here I lie...
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From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce whereon but sipping ... he...
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From this reading The drink--the drink--... the foul practice Hath turned itself on me; lo, here I lie...
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From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
an old form of “has”
From this reading The drink--the drink--... the foul practice Hath turned itself on me; lo, here I lie...
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce whereon but sipping ... he...
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce whereon but sipping ... he...
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From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The drink--the drink--... the foul practice Hath turned itself on me; lo, here I lie...
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce whereon but sipping ... he...
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From this reading To desperation turn my trust and hope.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The drink--the drink--... the foul practice Hath turned itself on me; lo, here I lie...
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From this reading I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce whereon but sipping ... he...
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
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From this reading Chaunted snatches of old tunes, As one incapable.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
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From this reading The drink--the drink--... the foul practice Hath turned itself on me; lo, here I lie...
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From this reading The drink--the drink--... the foul practice Hath turned itself on me; lo, here I lie...
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The drink--the drink--... the foul practice Hath turned itself on me; lo, here I lie...
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading To desperation turn my trust and hope.
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From this reading I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce whereon but sipping ... he...
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Chaunted snatches of old tunes, As one incapable.
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From this reading Chaunted snatches of old tunes, As one incapable.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The drink--the drink--... the foul practice Hath turned itself on me; lo, here I lie...
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Chaunted snatches of old tunes, As one incapable.
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From this reading The drink--the drink--... the foul practice Hath turned itself on me; lo, here I lie...
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From this reading I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce whereon but sipping ... he...
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From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
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From this reading I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce whereon but sipping ... he...
short, incomplete pieces of speech or writing
From this reading Chaunted snatches of old tunes, As one incapable.
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From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
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From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
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From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
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From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To desperation turn my trust and hope.
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From this reading To desperation turn my trust and hope.
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From this reading Chaunted snatches of old tunes, As one incapable.
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From this reading To desperation turn my trust and hope.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The drink--the drink--... the foul practice Hath turned itself on me; lo, here I lie...
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From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
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From this reading I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce whereon but sipping ... he...
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From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
in the company of; together with
From this reading What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
