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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 It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
a-turning
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From this reading Till looking on an Englishman, the fair'st that eye could see, Her fancy fell a-turning.
alasexclamationUS /əˈlæs/
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Till looking on an Englishman, the fair'st that eye could see, Her fancy fell a-turning.
arms
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
away
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
bear
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
combat
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From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
contending
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Till looking on an Englishman, the fair'st that eye could see, Her fancy fell a-turning.
damsel
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From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
daughter
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From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
day
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
disdain
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From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
doubtful
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From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
ended
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
Englishman
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From this reading Till looking on an Englishman, the fair'st that eye could see, Her fancy fell a-turning.
eye
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From this reading Till looking on an Englishman, the fair'st that eye could see, Her fancy fell a-turning.
fair'st
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From this reading Till looking on an Englishman, the fair'st that eye could see, Her fancy fell a-turning.
fairest
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From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
fancy
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From this reading Till looking on an Englishman, the fair'st that eye could see, Her fancy fell a-turning.
fell
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From this reading Till looking on an Englishman, the fair'st that eye could see, Her fancy fell a-turning.
fight
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From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
gain
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From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
gallant
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From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
gay
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
gift
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
got
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
kill
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From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
knight
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From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
lady
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
learned
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
learnlng
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
leave
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From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
liked
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From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
LongnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
looking
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From this reading Till looking on an Englishman, the fair'st that eye could see, Her fancy fell a-turning.
lording's
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From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
love
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From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
loveless
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From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
lullaby
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
maid
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
man
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
master
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From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
mickle
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From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
more
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From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
now
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Till looking on an Englishman, the fair'st that eye could see, Her fancy fell a-turning.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
pain
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From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
practice
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From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
put
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From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
refused
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From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
see
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From this reading Till looking on an Englishman, the fair'st that eye could see, Her fancy fell a-turning.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
silly
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From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
song
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
spite
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From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
Then
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
three
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From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
Thus
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
TillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Till looking on an Englishman, the fair'st that eye could see, Her fancy fell a-turning.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
trusty
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From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
turn
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From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
two
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From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
UntoprepositionUS /ˈʌntuː/
an old word for “to”
From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
used
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From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
victor
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From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
well
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From this reading It was a lording's daughter, the fairest one of three, That liked of her master as well as well might be.
WhichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Thus art, with arms contending, was victor of the day, Which by a gift of learnlng did bear the maid away; Then, lullaby, the learned man hath got the lady gay; For now my song is ended.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Long was the combat doubtful, that love with love did fight, To leave the master loveless, or kill the gallant knight; To put in practice either, alas, it was a spite Unto the silly damsel!
wounded
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From this reading But one must be refused, more mickle was the pain, That nothing could be used, to turn them both to gain, For of the two the trusty knight was wounded with disdain: Alas, she could not help it!
