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Daireen. Complete
Daireen. Complete

Chapter XXXVIII

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A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.
My news shall be the fruit to that great feast.
Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalléd play;
For some must watch, while some must sleep;
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Daireen. Complete

Chapter XXXVIII

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.
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My news shall be the fruit to that great feast.
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Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalléd play;
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For some must watch, while some must sleep;

Learner Dictionary

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

Diet noun US /ˈdiet/

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

From this reading “A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “My news shall be the fruit to that great feast.”

Hath auxiliary verb US /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading “A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.”

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalléd play;”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “For some must watch, while some must sleep;”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “My news shall be the fruit to that great feast.”

While conjunction US /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading “For some must watch, while some must sleep;”

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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 A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading My news shall be the fruit to that great feast.

deer

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From this reading Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalléd play;

dietnounUS /ˈdiet/

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

From this reading A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.

enterprise

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From this reading A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.

feast

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From this reading My news shall be the fruit to that great feast.

food

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From this reading A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.

fruit

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From this reading My news shall be the fruit to that great feast.

go

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From this reading Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalléd play;

greatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading My news shall be the fruit to that great feast.

hart

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From this reading Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalléd play;

hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.

in't

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From this reading A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.

letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalléd play;

list

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From this reading A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading For some must watch, while some must sleep;

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My news shall be the fruit to that great feast.

news

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From this reading My news shall be the fruit to that great feast.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.

play

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From this reading Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalléd play;

resolutes

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From this reading A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading My news shall be the fruit to that great feast.

sleep

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From this reading For some must watch, while some must sleep;

some

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From this reading A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.

stomach

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From this reading A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.

stricken

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From this reading Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalléd play;

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading My news shall be the fruit to that great feast.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading A list of... resolutes For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in't.

ungalléd

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From this reading Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalléd play;

watch

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From this reading For some must watch, while some must sleep;

weep

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From this reading Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalléd play;

whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading For some must watch, while some must sleep;

Why

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From this reading Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalléd play;