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Chapter VIII
There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe. “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays. “Much as Ariel did in the split pine, I fancy.” “For shame, David! I’m afraid you are teaching her to see Sycorax and Caliban in her neighbours.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.”
belonging to which person
From this reading “There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.”
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From this reading I’m afraid you are teaching her to see Sycorax and Caliban in her neighbours.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I’m afraid you are teaching her to see Sycorax and Caliban in her neighbours.”
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From this reading “Much as Ariel did in the split pine, I fancy.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Much as Ariel did in the split pine, I fancy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
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From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
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From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
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From this reading I’m afraid you are teaching her to see Sycorax and Caliban in her neighbours.”
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From this reading “For shame, David!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Much as Ariel did in the split pine, I fancy.”
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
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From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
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From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
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From this reading “Much as Ariel did in the split pine, I fancy.”
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From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
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From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
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From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
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From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
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From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Much as Ariel did in the split pine, I fancy.”
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From this reading I’m afraid you are teaching her to see Sycorax and Caliban in her neighbours.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
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From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
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From this reading “Much as Ariel did in the split pine, I fancy.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
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From this reading I’m afraid you are teaching her to see Sycorax and Caliban in her neighbours.”
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From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
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From this reading “Much as Ariel did in the split pine, I fancy.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
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From this reading “For shame, David!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Much as Ariel did in the split pine, I fancy.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m afraid you are teaching her to see Sycorax and Caliban in her neighbours.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m afraid you are teaching her to see Sycorax and Caliban in her neighbours.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I’m afraid you are teaching her to see Sycorax and Caliban in her neighbours.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
at the time that
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
belonging to which person
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By summer rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.--Marlowe.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “How does my little schoolfellow get on?” asked Mary Ogilvie, when she had sat down for her first meal with her brother in her summer holidays.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I’m afraid you are teaching her to see Sycorax and Caliban in her neighbours.”
