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Faith and Unfaith: A Novel
Faith and Unfaith: A Novel

Chapter V

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"A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye!
Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky."--WORDSWORTH.
The baby morn has flung aside its robes, and grown to perfect strength.
The day is well advanced.
Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.
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Faith and Unfaith: A Novel

Chapter V

Reading 1/48 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye!
Line 2
Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky."--WORDSWORTH.
Line 3
The baby morn has flung aside its robes, and grown to perfect strength.
Line 4
The day is well advanced.
Line 5
Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

Learner Dictionary

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

Already noun US /already/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.”

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.”

Fair noun US /fair/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky."--WORDSWORTH.”

Half noun US /half/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye!”

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “The baby morn has flung aside its robes, and grown to perfect strength.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky."--WORDSWORTH.”

Rest noun US /rest/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.”

Strength noun US /ˈstrength/

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

From this reading “The baby morn has flung aside its robes, and grown to perfect strength.”

Towards preposition US /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading “Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The day is well advanced.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.”

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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 violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye!

advanced

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From this reading The day is well advanced.

AlreadynounUS /already/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading The baby morn has flung aside its robes, and grown to perfect strength.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky."--WORDSWORTH.

aside

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From this reading The baby morn has flung aside its robes, and grown to perfect strength.

baby

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From this reading The baby morn has flung aside its robes, and grown to perfect strength.

breeze

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From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading "A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye!

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

cooling

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From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

day

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From this reading The day is well advanced.

evening

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From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

eye

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From this reading "A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye!

FairnounUS /fair/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky."--WORDSWORTH.

flung

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From this reading The baby morn has flung aside its robes, and grown to perfect strength.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye!

grown

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From this reading The baby morn has flung aside its robes, and grown to perfect strength.

HalfnounUS /half/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye!

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The baby morn has flung aside its robes, and grown to perfect strength.

heart

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From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

hidden

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye!

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky."--WORDSWORTH.

Isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky."--WORDSWORTH.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The baby morn has flung aside its robes, and grown to perfect strength.

making

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From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

man

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From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

morn

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The baby morn has flung aside its robes, and grown to perfect strength.

mossy

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye!

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky."--WORDSWORTH.

only

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From this reading Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky."--WORDSWORTH.

perfect

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From this reading The baby morn has flung aside its robes, and grown to perfect strength.

rapid

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

refresh

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From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

restnounUS /rest/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

robes

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From this reading The baby morn has flung aside its robes, and grown to perfect strength.

shining

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky."--WORDSWORTH.

sky

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky."--WORDSWORTH.

star

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky."--WORDSWORTH.

stillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

stone

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye!

strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/

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

From this reading The baby morn has flung aside its robes, and grown to perfect strength.

strides

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading "A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye!

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading The baby morn has flung aside its robes, and grown to perfect strength.

towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.

violet

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye!

well

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The day is well advanced.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky."--WORDSWORTH.

WORDSWORTH

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From this reading Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky."--WORDSWORTH.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading Already it is making rapid strides towards rest and evening; yet still no cooling breeze has come to refresh the heart of man.