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Romance Island

Chapter I

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"Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"
--NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:
"Cat-boats and house-boats and yawls, look here.
You're bound to observe that this is my steam yacht.
I own her--do you see?
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Romance Island

Chapter I

Reading 1/44 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"
Line 2
--NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:
Line 3
"Cat-boats and house-boats and yawls, look here.
Line 4
You're bound to observe that this is my steam yacht.
Line 5
I own her--do you see?

Learner Dictionary

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

Among preposition US /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading “--NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:”

Believe noun US /ˈbelieve/

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

From this reading “"Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Cat-boats and house-boats and yawls, look here.”

Look noun US /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Cat-boats and house-boats and yawls, look here.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “--NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:”

All words in this reading · 56

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Aloha

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From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading "Cat-boats and house-boats and yawls, look here.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

believenounUS /ˈbelieve/

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

From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

bound

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From this reading You're bound to observe that this is my steam yacht.

buoy

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From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

capital

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From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

Cat-boats

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From this reading "Cat-boats and house-boats and yawls, look here.

crafts

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From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading I own her--do you see?

fail

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From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

firstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

gently

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From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

George

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From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

glance

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From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

harbour

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From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Cat-boats and house-boats and yawls, look here.

house-boats

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From this reading "Cat-boats and house-boats and yawls, look here.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I own her--do you see?

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading You're bound to observe that this is my steam yacht.

kind

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From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

letters

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From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

longed

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From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

looknounUS /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Cat-boats and house-boats and yawls, look here.

loves

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From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

magic

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From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

megaphone's

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From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

monstrous

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From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading You're bound to observe that this is my steam yacht.

NOVALIS

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From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

observe

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From this reading You're bound to observe that this is my steam yacht.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

own

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From this reading I own her--do you see?

parody

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From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

proclaim

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From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

remembers

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From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

rode

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From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

see

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From this reading I own her--do you see?

St

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From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

steam

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From this reading You're bound to observe that this is my steam yacht.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading You're bound to observe that this is my steam yacht.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading --NOVALIS As _The Aloha_ rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:

WhopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

whompronounUS /huːm/

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Who that remembers the first kind glance of her whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"

yacht

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From this reading You're bound to observe that this is my steam yacht.

yawls

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From this reading "Cat-boats and house-boats and yawls, look here.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I own her--do you see?

You're

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From this reading You're bound to observe that this is my steam yacht.