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Chapter VI
III. The Dead Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead! There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold. These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality. Blow, bugles, blow!
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Dead Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.”
not one, and not any
From this reading “There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The Dead Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.”
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From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
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From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
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From this reading The Dead Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!
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From this reading The Dead Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
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From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Dead Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!
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From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
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From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
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From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
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From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
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From this reading III.
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From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
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From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
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From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
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From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
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From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
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From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
not one, and not any
From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
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From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
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From this reading The Dead Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!
above and across; more than
From this reading The Dead Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
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From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
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From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
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From this reading The Dead Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!
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From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
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From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Dead Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
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From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
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From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
which person or people
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The Dead Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.
