Chapter X
'Lady, fairest lady! Ah, suffer your slave to fall at your feet with his thanks!' 'No thanks are due, Sir. I knew not who had fallen.' 'Cruel coyness!
The Caged Lion
Chapter X
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'Lady,
fairest
lady!
Ah,
suffer
your
slave
to
fall
at
your
feet
with
his
thanks!'
'No
thanks
are
due,
Sir.
I
knew
not
who
had
fallen.'
'Cruel
coyness!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
'Lady,
fairest
lady!
Line 2
Ah,
suffer
your
slave
to
fall
at
your
feet
with
his
thanks!'
Line 3
'No
thanks
are
due,
Sir.
Line 4
I
knew
not
who
had
fallen.'
Line 5
'Cruel
coyness!
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Cruel
adjective
US /ˈkruːəl/
causing pain or showing no kindness
From this reading “'Cruel coyness!”
All words in this reading · 25
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Ah
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From this reading Ah, suffer your slave to fall at your feet with his thanks!'
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'No thanks are due, Sir.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ah, suffer your slave to fall at your feet with his thanks!'
coyness
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From this reading 'Cruel coyness!
CrueladjectiveUS /ˈkruːəl/
causing pain or showing no kindness
From this reading 'Cruel coyness!
due
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From this reading 'No thanks are due, Sir.
fairest
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From this reading 'Lady, fairest lady!
fall
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From this reading Ah, suffer your slave to fall at your feet with his thanks!'
fallen
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From this reading I knew not who had fallen.'
feet
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From this reading Ah, suffer your slave to fall at your feet with his thanks!'
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I knew not who had fallen.'
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Ah, suffer your slave to fall at your feet with his thanks!'
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I knew not who had fallen.'
knew
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From this reading I knew not who had fallen.'
Lady
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From this reading 'Lady, fairest lady!
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading 'No thanks are due, Sir.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I knew not who had fallen.'
Sir
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From this reading 'No thanks are due, Sir.
slave
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From this reading Ah, suffer your slave to fall at your feet with his thanks!'
suffer
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From this reading Ah, suffer your slave to fall at your feet with his thanks!'
thanks
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From this reading Ah, suffer your slave to fall at your feet with his thanks!'
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ah, suffer your slave to fall at your feet with his thanks!'
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading I knew not who had fallen.'
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ah, suffer your slave to fall at your feet with his thanks!'
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ah, suffer your slave to fall at your feet with his thanks!'