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Middlemarch

Chapter XIII

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Middlemarch

Chapter XIII

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Learner Dictionary

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

Another noun US /ˈanother/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading ““Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.”

Hath auxiliary verb US /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading ““Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.”

Itself pronoun US /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading ““Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.”

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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 “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

anothernounUS /ˈanother/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

any

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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

builds

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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

care

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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

despair

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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

ease

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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

gives

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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

heaven

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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

hell's

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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

Love

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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

please

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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

seeketh

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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.