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The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning
The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning

Chapter X

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Still, there's a gain, too!
If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.
Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?
There, worship waits us: what is it waits here?
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The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning

Chapter X

Reading 1/175 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Still, there's a gain, too!
Line 2
If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.
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Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?
Line 4
There, worship waits us: what is it waits here?
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[_Shows the letter_.

Learner Dictionary

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

Descended noun US /ˈdescended/

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

From this reading “Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?”

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

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

From this reading “If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “There, worship waits us: what is it waits here?”

Might modal verb US /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading “Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?”

Myself pronoun US /ˌmaɪˈself/

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading “Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?”

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Still, there's a gain, too!”

Stood noun US /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.”

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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 Still, there's a gain, too!

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.

away

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From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

deity

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From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

descendednounUS /ˈdescended/

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

From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

East

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From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

far

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From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

Florence

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From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

forget

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From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

gain

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From this reading Still, there's a gain, too!

gift

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From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

given

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From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

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

From this reading If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading There, worship waits us: what is it waits here?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading There, worship waits us: what is it waits here?

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.

letter

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From this reading [_Shows the letter_.

like

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From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

lot

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From this reading If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

now

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From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

once

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From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

own

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From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

Shows

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From this reading [_Shows the letter_.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.

special

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From this reading If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.

StillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Still, there's a gain, too!

StoodnounUS /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

stranger's

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From this reading If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.

there

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From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

there's

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From this reading Still, there's a gain, too!

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

too

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From this reading Still, there's a gain, too!

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading There, worship waits us: what is it waits here?

waits

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From this reading There, worship waits us: what is it waits here?

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Do you forget there was my own far East I might have given away myself to, once, As now to Florence, and for such a gift, Stood there like a descended deity?

well

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From this reading If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading There, worship waits us: what is it waits here?

worship

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From this reading There, worship waits us: what is it waits here?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading If you take it so, The stranger's lot has special gain as well.