Chapter XIX
This life’s end, and this love-bliss have been lost here. Doubt you whether This she felt, as looking at me, mine and her souls rushed together? BROWNING: _Christina_. Esther sat a little apart, watching the lovers.
Reuben Sachs
Chapter XIX
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This
life’s
end,
and
this
love-bliss
have
been
lost
here.
Doubt
you
whether
This
she
felt,
as
looking
at
me,
mine
and
her
souls
rushed
together?
BROWNING:
_Christina_.
Esther
sat
a
little
apart,
watching
the
lovers.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Line 2
This
life’s
end,
and
this
love-bliss
have
been
lost
here.
Line 3
Doubt
you
whether
This
she
felt,
as
looking
at
me,
mine
and
her
souls
rushed
together?
Line 4
BROWNING:
_Christina_.
Line 5
Esther
sat
a
little
apart,
watching
the
lovers.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Been
auxiliary verb
US /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “This life’s end, and this love-bliss have been lost here.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “This life’s end, and this love-bliss have been lost here.”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “This life’s end, and this love-bliss have been lost here.”
Little
noun
US /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Esther sat a little apart, watching the lovers.”
Mine
pronoun
US /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Doubt you whether This she felt, as looking at me, mine and her souls rushed together?”
Whether
conjunction
US /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading “Doubt you whether This she felt, as looking at me, mine and her souls rushed together?”
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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 Esther sat a little apart, watching the lovers.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This life’s end, and this love-bliss have been lost here.
apart
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From this reading Esther sat a little apart, watching the lovers.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Doubt you whether This she felt, as looking at me, mine and her souls rushed together?
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Doubt you whether This she felt, as looking at me, mine and her souls rushed together?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading This life’s end, and this love-bliss have been lost here.
BROWNING
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From this reading BROWNING: _Christina_.
Christina
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From this reading BROWNING: _Christina_.
Doubt
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end
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From this reading This life’s end, and this love-bliss have been lost here.
Esther
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From this reading Esther sat a little apart, watching the lovers.
felt
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From this reading Doubt you whether This she felt, as looking at me, mine and her souls rushed together?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading This life’s end, and this love-bliss have been lost here.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Doubt you whether This she felt, as looking at me, mine and her souls rushed together?
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This life’s end, and this love-bliss have been lost here.
life's
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From this reading This life’s end, and this love-bliss have been lost here.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Esther sat a little apart, watching the lovers.
looking
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lost
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From this reading This life’s end, and this love-bliss have been lost here.
love-bliss
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From this reading This life’s end, and this love-bliss have been lost here.
lovers
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From this reading Esther sat a little apart, watching the lovers.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Doubt you whether This she felt, as looking at me, mine and her souls rushed together?
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Doubt you whether This she felt, as looking at me, mine and her souls rushed together?
rushed
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From this reading Doubt you whether This she felt, as looking at me, mine and her souls rushed together?
sat
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From this reading Esther sat a little apart, watching the lovers.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Doubt you whether This she felt, as looking at me, mine and her souls rushed together?
souls
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From this reading Doubt you whether This she felt, as looking at me, mine and her souls rushed together?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Esther sat a little apart, watching the lovers.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This life’s end, and this love-bliss have been lost here.
together
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watching
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From this reading Esther sat a little apart, watching the lovers.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Doubt you whether This she felt, as looking at me, mine and her souls rushed together?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Doubt you whether This she felt, as looking at me, mine and her souls rushed together?