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aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
all
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From this reading And dark, without love, is the day; And all that I see in Bagdat Is the Tigris to float me away.
amends
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From this reading If my darling should depart, And search the skies for prouder friends, God forbid my angry heart In other love should seek amends.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
angry
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From this reading If my darling should depart, And search the skies for prouder friends, God forbid my angry heart In other love should seek amends.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
away
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From this reading And dark, without love, is the day; And all that I see in Bagdat Is the Tigris to float me away.
Bagdat
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From this reading And dark, without love, is the day; And all that I see in Bagdat Is the Tigris to float me away.
barley-corn
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
boast
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But what is gold _for_, but for gifts?
dark
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From this reading And dark, without love, is the day; And all that I see in Bagdat Is the Tigris to float me away.
darling
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From this reading If my darling should depart, And search the skies for prouder friends, God forbid my angry heart In other love should seek amends.
day
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From this reading And dark, without love, is the day; And all that I see in Bagdat Is the Tigris to float me away.
depart
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From this reading If my darling should depart, And search the skies for prouder friends, God forbid my angry heart In other love should seek amends.
estimation
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
float
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From this reading And dark, without love, is the day; And all that I see in Bagdat Is the Tigris to float me away.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But what is gold _for_, but for gifts?
forbid
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From this reading If my darling should depart, And search the skies for prouder friends, God forbid my angry heart In other love should seek amends.
friends
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From this reading If my darling should depart, And search the skies for prouder friends, God forbid my angry heart In other love should seek amends.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
gems
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From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
gifts
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From this reading But what is gold _for_, but for gifts?
glowed
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
God
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From this reading If my darling should depart, And search the skies for prouder friends, God forbid my angry heart In other love should seek amends.
gold
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From this reading But what is gold _for_, but for gifts?
grace
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From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
HAFIZ
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
harvest
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
heaped-up
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
heart
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From this reading If my darling should depart, And search the skies for prouder friends, God forbid my angry heart In other love should seek amends.
heaven
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
hide
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And dark, without love, is the day; And all that I see in Bagdat Is the Tigris to float me away.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If my darling should depart, And search the skies for prouder friends, God forbid my angry heart In other love should seek amends.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But what is gold _for_, but for gifts?
land
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From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
love
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From this reading And dark, without love, is the day; And all that I see in Bagdat Is the Tigris to float me away.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
merchantnounUS /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
moon
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
most
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading If my darling should depart, And search the skies for prouder friends, God forbid my angry heart In other love should seek amends.
O
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
offer
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From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
other
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From this reading If my darling should depart, And search the skies for prouder friends, God forbid my angry heart In other love should seek amends.
Pleiads
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
price
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From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
princes
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From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
prouder
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From this reading If my darling should depart, And search the skies for prouder friends, God forbid my angry heart In other love should seek amends.
said
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
sea-washed
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From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
search
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From this reading If my darling should depart, And search the skies for prouder friends, God forbid my angry heart In other love should seek amends.
see
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From this reading And dark, without love, is the day; And all that I see in Bagdat Is the Tigris to float me away.
seek
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From this reading If my darling should depart, And search the skies for prouder friends, God forbid my angry heart In other love should seek amends.
sheaf
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading If my darling should depart, And search the skies for prouder friends, God forbid my angry heart In other love should seek amends.
skies
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From this reading If my darling should depart, And search the skies for prouder friends, God forbid my angry heart In other love should seek amends.
stars
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
stay
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From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
strand
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From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
stuffs
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From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
sun-filled
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
Syrian
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From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And dark, without love, is the day; And all that I see in Bagdat Is the Tigris to float me away.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
Tigris
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From this reading And dark, without love, is the day; And all that I see in Bagdat Is the Tigris to float me away.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The merchant hath stuffs of price, And gems from the sea-washed strand, And princes offer me grace To stay in the Syrian land;
true
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
two
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But what is gold _for_, but for gifts?
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading And dark, without love, is the day; And all that I see in Bagdat Is the Tigris to float me away.
world
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
worth
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
yon
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
zone
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From this reading FROM HAFIZ I said to heaven that glowed above, O hide yon sun-filled zone, Hide all the stars you boast; For, in the world of love And estimation true, The heaped-up harvest of the moon Is worth one barley-corn at most, The Pleiads' sheaf but two.
