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Old Kensington
Old Kensington

Chapter XVIII

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GOOD-NIGHT.
Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.
Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.
--E. B. B.
Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.
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Old Kensington

Chapter XVIII

Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
GOOD-NIGHT.
Line 2
Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.
Line 3
Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.
Line 4
--E. B. B.
Line 5
Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.

Learner Dictionary

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

Believe noun US /ˈbelieve/

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

From this reading “Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.”

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.”

Stood noun US /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.”

Waiting noun US /ˈwaiting/

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

From this reading “Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.”

All words in this reading · 34

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achieve

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From this reading Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.

acts

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From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.

all

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From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.

B

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From this reading --E. B. B.

believenounUS /ˈbelieve/

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

From this reading Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.

correspond

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From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.

crowded

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From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.

dearest

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From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.

DIE

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From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.

Dolly

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From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.

E

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From this reading --E. B. B.

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.

Glorious

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From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.

God

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From this reading Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.

GOOD-NIGHT

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From this reading GOOD-NIGHT.

Henley

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From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.

Letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.

live

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From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.

Love

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From this reading Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.

man

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From this reading Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.

station

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From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.

stoodnounUS /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.

train

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From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.

waiting

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From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.

whispered

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From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.