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Lavinia
Lavinia

Chapter I

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=Foes in Law.= _Crown 8vo.
6s._ _Crown 8vo.
2s. each._ Goodbye, Sweetheart!
Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!
Scylla or Charybdis?
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Lavinia

Chapter I

Reading 1/2 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
=Foes in Law.= _Crown 8vo.
Line 2
6s._ _Crown 8vo.
Line 3
2s. each._ Goodbye, Sweetheart!
Line 4
Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!
Line 5
Scylla or Charybdis?

Learner Dictionary

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

Alas exclamation US /əˈlæs/

used to show sadness, pity, or regret

From this reading “Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!”

All words in this reading · 34

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2

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From this reading 2s. each._ Goodbye, Sweetheart!

6

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From this reading 6s._ _Crown 8vo.

8

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From this reading =Foes in Law.= _Crown 8vo.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

AlasexclamationUS /əˈlæs/

used to show sadness, pity, or regret

From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

Belinda

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From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

Charybdis

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From this reading Scylla or Charybdis?

Cometh

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From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

Crown

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From this reading =Foes in Law.= _Crown 8vo.

Cupid

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From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

Dr

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From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading 2s. each._ Goodbye, Sweetheart!

Flower

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From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

Foes

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From this reading =Foes in Law.= _Crown 8vo.

Goodbye

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From this reading 2s. each._ Goodbye, Sweetheart!

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading =Foes in Law.= _Crown 8vo.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

Joan

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From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

Law

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From this reading =Foes in Law.= _Crown 8vo.

NotadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Scylla or Charybdis?

Red

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From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

Rose

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From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

s

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From this reading 6s._ _Crown 8vo.

Scylla

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From this reading Scylla or Charybdis?

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

Sweetheart

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From this reading 2s. each._ Goodbye, Sweetheart!

Too

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From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

up

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From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

vo

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From this reading =Foes in Law.= _Crown 8vo.

Well

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From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!

Wisely

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From this reading Cometh up as a Flower Joan Belinda Dr. Cupid Not Wisely, but Too Well Red as a Rose is She Alas!