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Chapter XXXIII
"I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall." The long penance of dinner is over at last, thank God! I may intermit my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast. Roger and Zéphine must also fain suspend their reminiscences. There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.
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the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."”
an old form of “has”
From this reading “"I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The long penance of dinner is over at last, thank God!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The long penance of dinner is over at last, thank God!”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “I may intermit my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Roger and Zéphine must also fain suspend their reminiscences.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The long penance of dinner is over at last, thank God!”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “"I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “I may intermit my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.”
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From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
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From this reading Roger and Zéphine must also fain suspend their reminiscences.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
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From this reading I may intermit my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I may intermit my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The long penance of dinner is over at last, thank God!
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From this reading I may intermit my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I may intermit my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The long penance of dinner is over at last, thank God!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roger and Zéphine must also fain suspend their reminiscences.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The long penance of dinner is over at last, thank God!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.
an old form of “has”
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I may intermit my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast.
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From this reading There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I may intermit my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The long penance of dinner is over at last, thank God!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The long penance of dinner is over at last, thank God!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The long penance of dinner is over at last, thank God!
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading I may intermit my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I may intermit my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Roger and Zéphine must also fain suspend their reminiscences.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I may intermit my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.
not any; not one
From this reading There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The long penance of dinner is over at last, thank God!
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.
above and across; more than
From this reading The long penance of dinner is over at last, thank God!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The long penance of dinner is over at last, thank God!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roger and Zéphine must also fain suspend their reminiscences.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I may intermit my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roger and Zéphine must also fain suspend their reminiscences.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roger and Zéphine must also fain suspend their reminiscences.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The long penance of dinner is over at last, thank God!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The long penance of dinner is over at last, thank God!
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Roger and Zéphine must also fain suspend their reminiscences.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading I may intermit my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There being no lady of the house, I have taken upon myself to hasten the date of our departure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "I saw pale kings, and princes, too; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all, They cried, 'La Belle Dame, sans merci,' Hath thee in thrall."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I may intermit my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roger and Zéphine must also fain suspend their reminiscences.
