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Chapter XXX
Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam. A charming sight! While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him. “Ah, my lord! what seraphic sounds have ye driven from me!” “Sounds!
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Ah, my lord! what seraphic sounds have ye driven from me!””
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.”
during the time that
From this reading “While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
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From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
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From this reading “Ah, my lord! what seraphic sounds have ye driven from me!”
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From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
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From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
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From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
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From this reading A charming sight!
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From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah, my lord! what seraphic sounds have ye driven from me!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Ah, my lord! what seraphic sounds have ye driven from me!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Ah, my lord! what seraphic sounds have ye driven from me!”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah, my lord! what seraphic sounds have ye driven from me!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Ah, my lord! what seraphic sounds have ye driven from me!”
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From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Ah, my lord! what seraphic sounds have ye driven from me!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
above and across; more than
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah, my lord! what seraphic sounds have ye driven from me!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A charming sight!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah, my lord! what seraphic sounds have ye driven from me!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
during the time that
From this reading While delighted, all our paddlers gazed, Media, observing Babbalanja plunged in reveries, called upon him to awake; asking what might so absorb him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Next morning, we came to a deep, green wood, slowly nodding over the waves; its margin frothy-white with foam.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading “Ah, my lord! what seraphic sounds have ye driven from me!”
