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Old Kensington

Chapter XXXII

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WHITE WITH GAZING.
'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!
--Pendennis.
The Harbingers are come: see, see their mark!
White is their colour....
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Old Kensington

Chapter XXXII

Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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WHITE WITH GAZING.
Line 2
'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!
Line 3
--Pendennis.
Line 4
The Harbingers are come: see, see their mark!
Line 5
White is their colour....

Learner Dictionary

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

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The Harbingers are come: see, see their mark!”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!”

All words in this reading · 31

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading The Harbingers are come: see, see their mark!

beat

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From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

colour

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From this reading White is their colour....

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The Harbingers are come: see, see their mark!

doubts

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From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

GAZING

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From this reading WHITE WITH GAZING.

griefs

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From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

Harbingers

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From this reading The Harbingers are come: see, see their mark!

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

heart

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From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading White is their colour....

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

love

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From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

mark

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From this reading The Harbingers are come: see, see their mark!

more

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From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

pangs

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From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

Pendennis

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From this reading --Pendennis.

see

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From this reading The Harbingers are come: see, see their mark!

tender

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From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The Harbingers are come: see, see their mark!

throb

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From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

trials

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From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading 'The tender heart beat no more; it was to have no more pangs, no more doubts, no more griefs and trials: its last throb was love!

WHITE

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From this reading WHITE WITH GAZING.

WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading WHITE WITH GAZING.