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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 There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
abide
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From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
afar
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From this reading Sordello, that noble and disdainful Lombard, eyes us from afar like a couchant lion.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Soul after soul makes us share in some repentance or some joy.
air
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From this reading In the land of Purgation the air is freer, and the holy mountain rises into the pure light of day.
also
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From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the land of Purgation the air is freer, and the holy mountain rises into the pure light of day.
bed
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
Buonconte
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
couchant
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From this reading Sordello, that noble and disdainful Lombard, eyes us from afar like a couchant lion.
day
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From this reading In the land of Purgation the air is freer, and the holy mountain rises into the pure light of day.
disdainful
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From this reading Sordello, that noble and disdainful Lombard, eyes us from afar like a couchant lion.
drink
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
dying
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
earth
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From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
eyes
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From this reading Sordello, that noble and disdainful Lombard, eyes us from afar like a couchant lion.
fiend
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
freer
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From this reading In the land of Purgation the air is freer, and the holy mountain rises into the pure light of day.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
holy
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From this reading In the land of Purgation the air is freer, and the holy mountain rises into the pure light of day.
how
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the land of Purgation the air is freer, and the holy mountain rises into the pure light of day.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In the land of Purgation the air is freer, and the holy mountain rises into the pure light of day.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the land of Purgation the air is freer, and the holy mountain rises into the pure light of day.
Ismene
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From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
joy
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From this reading Soul after soul makes us share in some repentance or some joy.
land
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From this reading In the land of Purgation the air is freer, and the holy mountain rises into the pure light of day.
learn
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
light
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From this reading In the land of Purgation the air is freer, and the holy mountain rises into the pure light of day.
like
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From this reading Sordello, that noble and disdainful Lombard, eyes us from afar like a couchant lion.
lingering
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From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
lion
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From this reading Sordello, that noble and disdainful Lombard, eyes us from afar like a couchant lion.
Lombard
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From this reading Sordello, that noble and disdainful Lombard, eyes us from afar like a couchant lion.
lonely
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
Madonna
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From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
makes
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From this reading Soul after soul makes us share in some repentance or some joy.
Maremma
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From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
mountain
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From this reading In the land of Purgation the air is freer, and the holy mountain rises into the pure light of day.
mourning
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
mouth
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
Nella
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
noble
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From this reading Sordello, that noble and disdainful Lombard, eyes us from afar like a couchant lion.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the land of Purgation the air is freer, and the holy mountain rises into the pure light of day.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Soul after soul makes us share in some repentance or some joy.
pain
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
pale
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From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
passes
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From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
peace
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From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
Pia
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From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
poison
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From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
praying
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
pure
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From this reading In the land of Purgation the air is freer, and the holy mountain rises into the pure light of day.
Purgation
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From this reading In the land of Purgation the air is freer, and the holy mountain rises into the pure light of day.
repentance
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From this reading Soul after soul makes us share in some repentance or some joy.
rises
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From this reading In the land of Purgation the air is freer, and the holy mountain rises into the pure light of day.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
season
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From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
share
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From this reading Soul after soul makes us share in some repentance or some joy.
single
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
sinner
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
some
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From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
Sordello
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From this reading Sordello, that noble and disdainful Lombard, eyes us from afar like a couchant lion.
sorrow
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From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
Soul
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From this reading Soul after soul makes us share in some repentance or some joy.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
sweet
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
taught
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
tear
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
tells
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Sordello, that noble and disdainful Lombard, eyes us from afar like a couchant lion.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the land of Purgation the air is freer, and the holy mountain rises into the pure light of day.
There
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From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
widow
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There is peace for us, and for those who for a season abide in it there is some peace also, though, pale from the poison of the Maremma, Madonna Pia passes before us, and Ismene, with the sorrow of earth still lingering about her, is there.
wormwood
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From this reading He whom the mourning of his widow taught to drink the sweet wormwood of pain, tells us of Nella praying in her lonely bed, and we learn from the mouth of Buonconte how a single tear may save a dying sinner from the fiend.
