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Chapter VIII
Ah God! to see the branches stir Across the moon at Grantchester! To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees. Say, do the elm-clumps greatly stand Still guardians of that holy land? The chestnuts shade, in reverend dream, The yet unacademic stream? Is dawn a secret shy and cold Anadyomene, silver-gold?
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Ah God! to see the branches stir Across the moon at Grantchester!”
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading “The chestnuts shade, in reverend dream, The yet unacademic stream?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees.”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “Is dawn a secret shy and cold Anadyomene, silver-gold?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Say, do the elm-clumps greatly stand Still guardians of that holy land?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Say, do the elm-clumps greatly stand Still guardians of that holy land?”
but in spite of that
From this reading “The chestnuts shade, in reverend dream, The yet unacademic stream?”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Is dawn a secret shy and cold Anadyomene, silver-gold?
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Ah God! to see the branches stir Across the moon at Grantchester!
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From this reading Ah God! to see the branches stir Across the moon at Grantchester!
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From this reading Is dawn a secret shy and cold Anadyomene, silver-gold?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ah God! to see the branches stir Across the moon at Grantchester!
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From this reading Ah God! to see the branches stir Across the moon at Grantchester!
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From this reading To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees.
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From this reading The chestnuts shade, in reverend dream, The yet unacademic stream?
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From this reading Is dawn a secret shy and cold Anadyomene, silver-gold?
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From this reading Is dawn a secret shy and cold Anadyomene, silver-gold?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Say, do the elm-clumps greatly stand Still guardians of that holy land?
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading The chestnuts shade, in reverend dream, The yet unacademic stream?
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From this reading Say, do the elm-clumps greatly stand Still guardians of that holy land?
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From this reading Ah God! to see the branches stir Across the moon at Grantchester!
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From this reading Ah God! to see the branches stir Across the moon at Grantchester!
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From this reading Say, do the elm-clumps greatly stand Still guardians of that holy land?
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From this reading Say, do the elm-clumps greatly stand Still guardians of that holy land?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees.
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From this reading Say, do the elm-clumps greatly stand Still guardians of that holy land?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is dawn a secret shy and cold Anadyomene, silver-gold?
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From this reading Say, do the elm-clumps greatly stand Still guardians of that holy land?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees.
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From this reading Ah God! to see the branches stir Across the moon at Grantchester!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Say, do the elm-clumps greatly stand Still guardians of that holy land?
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From this reading The chestnuts shade, in reverend dream, The yet unacademic stream?
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From this reading To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees.
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From this reading To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees.
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From this reading Say, do the elm-clumps greatly stand Still guardians of that holy land?
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Is dawn a secret shy and cold Anadyomene, silver-gold?
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From this reading Ah God! to see the branches stir Across the moon at Grantchester!
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From this reading The chestnuts shade, in reverend dream, The yet unacademic stream?
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From this reading Is dawn a secret shy and cold Anadyomene, silver-gold?
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From this reading Is dawn a secret shy and cold Anadyomene, silver-gold?
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From this reading To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees.
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From this reading To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees.
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From this reading Say, do the elm-clumps greatly stand Still guardians of that holy land?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Say, do the elm-clumps greatly stand Still guardians of that holy land?
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From this reading Ah God! to see the branches stir Across the moon at Grantchester!
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From this reading The chestnuts shade, in reverend dream, The yet unacademic stream?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Say, do the elm-clumps greatly stand Still guardians of that holy land?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ah God! to see the branches stir Across the moon at Grantchester!
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From this reading To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ah God! to see the branches stir Across the moon at Grantchester!
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From this reading To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees.
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From this reading The chestnuts shade, in reverend dream, The yet unacademic stream?
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From this reading To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees.
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From this reading To smell the thrilling-sweet and rotten Unforgettable, unforgotten River-smell, and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees.
but in spite of that
From this reading The chestnuts shade, in reverend dream, The yet unacademic stream?
