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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 Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
always
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _The Quarries are hotter than Hiram’s forge, No one is safe from the dog-whips’ reach.
Ark
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
beach
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
Beggars
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From this reading Brother to Beggars and Fellow to Kings, Companion of Princes--forget these things!
bird
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From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
birdshop
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From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
blowing
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
BRETHREN
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From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
brings
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
Brother
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From this reading Brother to Beggars and Fellow to Kings, Companion of Princes--forget these things!
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
buying
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From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
Came
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
canary
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From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
coloured
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From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
Companion
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From this reading Brother to Beggars and Fellow to Kings, Companion of Princes--forget these things!
dog-whips
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From this reading _The Quarries are hotter than Hiram’s forge, No one is safe from the dog-whips’ reach.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
down
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
Fellow
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From this reading Brother to Beggars and Fellow to Kings, Companion of Princes--forget these things!
Fellow-Craftsman
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From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
Fellow-Craftsmen
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
foc'sle
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
forge
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From this reading _The Quarries are hotter than Hiram’s forge, No one is safe from the dog-whips’ reach.
Forget
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
gorge
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
hewers
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
highly
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From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
Hiram's
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From this reading _The Quarries are hotter than Hiram’s forge, No one is safe from the dog-whips’ reach.
hotter
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From this reading _The Quarries are hotter than Hiram’s forge, No one is safe from the dog-whips’ reach.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
INTERESTS
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From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _The Quarries are hotter than Hiram’s forge, No one is safe from the dog-whips’ reach.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
It's
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
Joppa
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
Kings
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From this reading Brother to Beggars and Fellow to Kings, Companion of Princes--forget these things!
Lebanon
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
less
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
Lords
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
mandate
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
Mark
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
Masons
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
merry
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
mess
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
messenger
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
more
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
mostly
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
Navy
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
off
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
often
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
once
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _The Quarries are hotter than Hiram’s forge, No one is safe from the dog-whips’ reach.
ordered
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
Princes
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From this reading Brother to Beggars and Fellow to Kings, Companion of Princes--forget these things!
Quarries
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From this reading _The Quarries are hotter than Hiram’s forge, No one is safe from the dog-whips’ reach.
reach
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From this reading _The Quarries are hotter than Hiram’s forge, No one is safe from the dog-whips’ reach.
Royal
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
run
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
safe
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From this reading _The Quarries are hotter than Hiram’s forge, No one is safe from the dog-whips’ reach.
sat
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
Sidon
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
snowing
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
Solomon's
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
spoke
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From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
suggested
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From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading _The Quarries are hotter than Hiram’s forge, No one is safe from the dog-whips’ reach.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
things
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Brother to Beggars and Fellow to Kings, Companion of Princes--forget these things!
up
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From this reading It’s mostly snowing up Lebanon gorge, And it’s always blowing off Joppa beach; But once in so often, the messenger brings Solomon’s mandate: “Forget these things!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Fellow-Craftsman, forget these things!”_ “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE BRETHREN” I was buying a canary in a birdshop when he first spoke to me and suggested that I should take a less highly coloured bird.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
wood
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From this reading So it was ordered and so it was done, And the hewers of wood and the Masons of Mark, With foc’sle hands of the Sidon run And Navy Lords from the _Royal Ark_, Came and sat down and were merry at mess As Fellow-Craftsmen--no more and no less.
