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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 Friendship is a favorite topic of the Eastern poets, and they have matched on this head the absoluteness of Montaigne.
absoluteness
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From this reading Friendship is a favorite topic of the Eastern poets, and they have matched on this head the absoluteness of Montaigne.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
all
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From this reading Friend is a word of royal tone, Friend is a poem all alone.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
brave
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From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
burns
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From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
cheek
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From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
dear
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From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
disdain
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From this reading Ibn Jemin writes thus:-- "Whilst I disdain the populace, I find no peer in higher place.
Eastern
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From this reading Friendship is a favorite topic of the Eastern poets, and they have matched on this head the absoluteness of Montaigne.
enters
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From this reading Hafiz says,-- "Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship; since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters."
favorite
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From this reading Friendship is a favorite topic of the Eastern poets, and they have matched on this head the absoluteness of Montaigne.
find
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From this reading Ibn Jemin writes thus:-- "Whilst I disdain the populace, I find no peer in higher place.
fire
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From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
Friend
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From this reading Friend is a word of royal tone, Friend is a poem all alone.
Friendship
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From this reading Friendship is a favorite topic of the Eastern poets, and they have matched on this head the absoluteness of Montaigne.
garden
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From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
goes
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From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
Hafiz
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From this reading Hafiz says,-- "Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship; since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Friendship is a favorite topic of the Eastern poets, and they have matched on this head the absoluteness of Montaigne.
head
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From this reading Friendship is a favorite topic of the Eastern poets, and they have matched on this head the absoluteness of Montaigne.
hearthstone
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From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
heavenly
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From this reading Hafiz says,-- "Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship; since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters."
higher
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From this reading Ibn Jemin writes thus:-- "Whilst I disdain the populace, I find no peer in higher place.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Ibn Jemin writes thus:-- "Whilst I disdain the populace, I find no peer in higher place.
Ibn
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From this reading Ibn Jemin writes thus:-- "Whilst I disdain the populace, I find no peer in higher place.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ibn Jemin writes thus:-- "Whilst I disdain the populace, I find no peer in higher place.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
Jemin
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From this reading Ibn Jemin writes thus:-- "Whilst I disdain the populace, I find no peer in higher place.
knowest
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From this reading Hafiz says,-- "Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship; since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters."
knowledge
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From this reading Hafiz says,-- "Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship; since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters."
learnest
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From this reading Hafiz says,-- "Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship; since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters."
matched
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From this reading Friendship is a favorite topic of the Eastern poets, and they have matched on this head the absoluteness of Montaigne.
Montaigne
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From this reading Friendship is a favorite topic of the Eastern poets, and they have matched on this head the absoluteness of Montaigne.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Hafiz says,-- "Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship; since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters."
O'er
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From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
peer
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From this reading Ibn Jemin writes thus:-- "Whilst I disdain the populace, I find no peer in higher place.
place
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From this reading Ibn Jemin writes thus:-- "Whilst I disdain the populace, I find no peer in higher place.
poem
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From this reading Friend is a word of royal tone, Friend is a poem all alone.
poets
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From this reading Friendship is a favorite topic of the Eastern poets, and they have matched on this head the absoluteness of Montaigne.
polish
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From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
populace
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From this reading Ibn Jemin writes thus:-- "Whilst I disdain the populace, I find no peer in higher place.
quenched
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From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
rasp
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From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
royal
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From this reading Friend is a word of royal tone, Friend is a poem all alone.
says
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From this reading Hafiz says,-- "Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship; since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters."
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Hafiz says,-- "Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship; since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters."
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Hafiz says,-- "Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship; since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Friendship is a favorite topic of the Eastern poets, and they have matched on this head the absoluteness of Montaigne.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Friendship is a favorite topic of the Eastern poets, and they have matched on this head the absoluteness of Montaigne.
ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Hafiz says,-- "Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship; since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters."
thus
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From this reading Ibn Jemin writes thus:-- "Whilst I disdain the populace, I find no peer in higher place.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
tone
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From this reading Friend is a word of royal tone, Friend is a poem all alone.
topic
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From this reading Friendship is a favorite topic of the Eastern poets, and they have matched on this head the absoluteness of Montaigne.
tulips
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From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
unsound
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From this reading Hafiz says,-- "Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship; since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters."
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Hafiz says,-- "Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship; since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters."
water
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From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
wave
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From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
WhilstconjunctionUS /waɪlst/
an old and formal word for “while”
From this reading Ibn Jemin writes thus:-- "Whilst I disdain the populace, I find no peer in higher place.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "O'er the garden water goes the wind alone To rasp and to polish the cheek of the wave; The fire is quenched on the dear hearthstone, But it burns again on the tulips brave."
word
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From this reading Friend is a word of royal tone, Friend is a poem all alone.
writes
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From this reading Ibn Jemin writes thus:-- "Whilst I disdain the populace, I find no peer in higher place.
